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Date May 2018 Marks available 1 Reference code 18M.1.HL.TZ1.37
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 1
Command term Question number 37 Adapted from N/A

Question

Two radioactive nuclides, X and Y, have half-lives of 50 s and 100 s respectively. At time t = 0 samples of X and Y contain the same number of nuclei.

What is \(\frac{{{\text{number of nuclei of X undecayed}}}}{{{\text{number of nuclei of Y undecayed}}}}\) when t = 200 s?

A.     4

B.     2

C.     \(\frac{1}{2}\)

D.     \(\frac{1}{4}\)

Markscheme

D

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Additional higher level (AHL) » Topic 12: Quantum and nuclear physics » 12.1 – The interaction of matter with radiation
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