A radioactive parent can decay through three mutually exclusive channels having partial decay constants in the ratio λ₁:λ₂:λ₃ = 2:3:5. During a sufficiently long observation, 20000 parent nuclei decay. Neglect statistical fluctuations. How many of those decays occur through channel 3?
Physics · Nuclear physics · radioactivity and law of decay
A radioactive parent can decay through three mutually exclusive channels having partial decay constants in the ratio λ₁:λ₂:λ₃ = 2:3:5. During a sufficiently long observation, 20000 parent nuclei decay. Neglect statistical fluctuations. How many of those decays occur through channel 3?