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A radioactive element has rate of disintegration `10,000` disintegrations per minute at a particular instant. After four minutes it becomes `2500` disintegrations per minute. The decay constant per minute is

A

0.2 `log_(e)` 2

B

`0.5 log_(e)2`

C

`0.6 log_(e)2`

D

`0.8 log_(e)2`

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