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In an agricultural experiment, a solution containing 1 mole of a radioactive material (t1/2= 14.3 days) was injected into the roots of a plant. The plant was allowed 70 hours to settle down and then activity was measured in its fruit. If the activity measured was 1 μCi, what per cent of activity is transmitted from the root to the fruit in steady state ?

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n = 1 mole = 6 x1023 atoms, t1/2 = 14.3 days

t = 70 hours, dN/dt in root after time t = λN

Fraction of activity transmitted=

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