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Problem
The activity
A
A
A
(disintegrations per second) of a radioactive sample is related to the number of undecayed nuclei
N
N
N
by
A
=
λ
N
A = \lambda N
A
=
λ
N
, where
λ
\lambda
λ
is the decay constant. The dimensions of
λ
\lambda
λ
are a)
[
L
−
1
]
[L^{-1}]
[
L
−
1
]
b)
[
T
−
1
]
[T^{-1}]
[
T
−
1
]
c)
[
T
]
[T]
[
T
]
d)
[
M
−
1
T
−
1
]
[M^{-1}T^{-1}]
[
M
−
1
T
−
1
]
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