Question
A human body required the $$0.01$$ $$M$$ activity of radioactive substance after $$24$$ $$h.$$ Half-life of radioactive substance is $$6h.$$ Then,
injection of maximum activity of radioactive substance that can be injected will be
A.
0.08
B.
0.04
C.
0.16
D.
0.32
Answer :
0.16
Solution :
$${\text{Remaining activity}} = $$ $$0.01\,M\,\,{\text{after 24 h}}$$
$${\text{Remaining activity}} = $$ $${\text{Initial activity}} \times {\left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)^n}$$
$$\eqalign{
& {\text{Used half - life time}} \cr
& \left( n \right) = \frac{{{\text{Total time}}}}{{{t_{\frac{1}{2}}}}} \cr
& \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = \frac{{24}}{6} \cr
& \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = 4 \cr
& {\text{So,}}\,\,\,0.01 = {\text{Initial activity}} \times {\left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)^4} \cr
& {\text{Initial activity}} = 0.01 \times 16 \cr
& \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = 0.16 \cr} $$