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Published on: August 13, 2026
A flask contains a mixture of compounds
and
. Both compounds decompose by first-order kinetics. The half-lives for A and B are
and
, respectively. If the concentrations of
and
are equal initially, the time required for the concentration of
to be four times that of
(in
) is: (Use
)
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