10 A radioactive nucleus X decays to a nucleus Y with a

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10 A radioactive nucleus X decays to a nucleus Y with a decay constant x 0 1s X Y further decays to a stable nucleus Z with a decay constant y 1 1 s Initially there 30 are only Xs nuclei and their number is N 102 Set up the rate equations for the populations of X Y and Z The Populations of Y nucleus as a function of time is given by Ny t Nox exp 2 1 exp 2 1 Find the time at which N is maximum 2x 2y and determine the populations of X and Z at that instant