Consider a radioactive disintegration according to

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Problem

A\to B\to C

. The decay constants of

A

and

B

are equal to

\lambda

. At

t=0

, the numbers of nuclei of

A

B

, and

C

are

N_0

0

, and

0

, respectively. Find: (a) The number of nuclei of

B

as a function of time

t

. (b) The time

t

at which the activity of

B

is maximum, and the value of the maximum activity of

B