Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

A student measures the half-life of a radioactive isotope. Over a five-minute interval, the student uses a detector and draws a graph to show how the count rate on the detector changes with time. The count rate from background radiation is $30$ counts per minute. What is the half-life of this isotope?

  • A$0.30$ minutes
  • B$1.2$ minutes
  • C$1.5$ minutes
  • D$5.0$ minutes

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