Example 1 · difficulty 2/5
A freshly prepared radioactive source has activity R₀. After a time interval equal to three mean lives (3τ) of the nuclide, its activity will be closest to:
- A. about 37% of R₀
- B. about 50% of R₀
- C. about 5% of R₀
- D. about 14% of R₀