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Interpretation:
The time required for the sheepskins composing the scrolls to remove from the sheep has to be given.
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Radioactive Law:
The radioactive law states that the probability per unit time that a nucleus will decay is a constant independent of time. This constant is called the decay constant and is denoted by
Where N is the number of radioactive nuclei remaining after time t.
N0 is the number of radioactive nuclei in initial time.
k is the decay constant.
t is the time required to decay.
Half life period:
The half life is defined as the amount of time it takes for a given isotope to lose half of its radioactivity.
Where k is the decay constant.
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