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A radioactive sample consists of two distinct species having equal number of atoms initially. The mean life of one species is `tau` and that of the other is `5 tau`. The decay products in both cases are stable. A plot is made of the total number of radioactive nuclei as a function of time. Which of the following figure best represents the form of this plot?
(a), (b), (c), (d)

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B

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D
Both the species of atoms follow exponential decay law, whatever be their life time. Therefore, option (d) is correct.
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