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A Geiger Counter Initially Records 9876 Counts Per Second

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A Geiger counter initially records 9876 counts per second.After 45 minutes it records 1234 counts/s.Ignore any uncertainty in the counts and find the half-life of the material.


A) 900 s
B) 950 s
C) 1300 s
D) 1350 s
E) 2072 s

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