The half-life of radium is $1600 \, \text{years}$. After how many years will $25 \, \text{g}$ of radium remain from $100 \, \text{g}$ of radium?

The activity $R$ of an unknown radioactive nuclide is measured at hourly intervals. The results found are tabulated as follows:

$t (h)$	$0$	$1$	$2$	$3$	$4$
$R (MBq)$	$100$	$35.36$	$12.51$	$4.42$	$1.56$

$(i)$ Plot the graph of $R$ versus $t$ and calculate the half-life from the graph.
$(ii)$ Plot the graph of $\ln \left( \frac{R}{R_0} \right)$ versus $t$ and obtain the value of the half-life from the graph.

At $t = 0$,the counting rate from a radioactive source is $1600 \text{ counts/s}$,and at $t = 8 \text{ s}$,it is $100 \text{ counts/s}$. The counting rate at $t = 6 \text{ s}$ will be:

$A$ piece of bone of an animal from a ruin is found to have $^{14}C$ activity of $12$ disintegrations per minute per gm of its carbon content. The $^{14}C$ activity of a living animal is $16$ disintegrations per minute per gm. How long ago nearly did the animal die? (Given half-life of $^{14}C$ is $t_{1/2} = 5760$ years)

$A$ radioactive sample of $U^{238}$ decays to $Pb$ through a process for which the half-life is $4.5 \times 10^9$ years. Find the ratio of the number of nuclei of $Pb$ to $U^{238}$ after a time of $1.5 \times 10^9$ years (given $2^{1/3} = 1.26$).

The activity of a radioactive sample is measured as $9750$ counts per minute at $t = 0$ and as $975$ counts per minute at $t = 5$ minutes. The decay constant is approximately ............ per minute.