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Consider two nuclei of the same radioactive nuclide.  One of t
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Consider two nuclei of the same radioactive nuclide.  One of the nuclei was created in a supernova explosion 5 billion years ago. The other was created in a nuclear reactor 5 minutes ago. The probability of decay during the next time is

A
Different for each nuclei

B
Nuclei created in explosion decays first

C
Nuclei created in the reactor decays first

D
Independent of the time of creation

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[b] λ=0.693T1/2=0.69377=9×10−3/day.
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Consider two nuclei of the same radioactive nuclide.  One of the nuclei was created in a supernova explosion 5 billion years ago. The other was created in a nuclear reactor 5 minutes ago. The probability of decay during the next time is
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