if half life of a radioactive substance is 60 minutes , then the % decay in 4 hours will be

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Half life of radioactive substance=60 min=1 hourNN0=12timehalf lifeNN0=1241NN0=124NN0=116Fraction of substance that has decayed, d=1-NN0d=1-116d=16-116d=1516% decayed=1516×100%=93.75%

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6.25% will be left and amount of decay is 93.75%
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