Consider a chain of radioactive decays 1-2-3, where nuclei of type 3 are stable. We assume that we begin with No atoms of the parents at t= 0 and no atoms of the decay products are originally present. The decays constants are represented by A₁, A2. a) Compute N₁ (t) b) Compute N₂(1) c) Compute N₁ (1) d) Compute N₁ (t) + N₂(t) + N₂(t) and interpret. e) Plot N₁(t), N₂(t), and Na(t) approximately and interpret them at small t and too

Consider a chain of radioactive decays 1-2-3, where nuclei of type 3 are stable. We assume that we begin with No atoms of the parents at t= 0 and no atoms of the decay products are originally present. The decays constants are represented by A₁, A2. a) Compute N₁ (t) b) Compute N₂(1) c) Compute N₁ (1) d) Compute N₁ (t) + N₂(t) + N₂(t) and interpret. e) Plot N₁(t), N₂(t), and Na(t) approximately and interpret them at small t and too

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