Question:
Carbon $(Z=6)$ with mass number 11 decays to boron $(Z=5)$.
(a) Is it a $\beta^{+}$-decay or a $\beta^{-}$decay?
(b) The half-life of the decay scheme is $20.3$ minutes. How much time will elapse before a mixture of $90 \%$ carbon-11 and $10 \%$ boron-11 (by the number of atoms) converts itself into a mixture of $10 \%$ carbon- 11 and $90 \%$ boron- 11 ?
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