A radioactive parent nuclide P has half-life and decays to a daughter nuclide D whose…

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Problem

A radioactive parent nuclide P has half-life

T_{1/2}^{(P)}=30\,\text{years}

and decays to a daughter nuclide D whose half-life is

T_{1/2}^{(D)}=6\,\text{h}

. After secular equilibrium has been established, calculate the ratio

\dfrac{N_D}{N_P}

of the number of daughter nuclei to parent nuclei.