A freshly prepared radioisotope has half-life 1386 s and initial activity 10³ s⁻¹. Given ln2 = 0.693, find the nearest-integer percentage of the initial nuclei that decay in the first 80 s.

Physics · Nuclear physics

JEE Advanced 2013

A freshly prepared radioisotope has half-life 1386 s and initial activity 10³ s⁻¹. Given ln2 = 0.693, find the nearest-integer percentage of the initial nuclei that decay in the first 80 s.