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The half life of a particle of mass `1.6xx10^(-26) kg is 6.9` s and a stream of such particles is travelling with the kinetic energy of a particle being 0.05 eV. The fraction of particles which will decay when they travel a distance of 1 m is -

A

0.1

B

0.01

C

0.001

D

0.0001

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