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A radioactive material of half-life `T` was kept in a nuclear reactor at two different instants. The quantity kept second time was twice of the kept first time. If now their present activities are `A_1` and `A_2` respectively, then their age difference equals

A

`T/(ln2)| l n (2A_(1))/(A_(2))|`

B

`T|l n(A_(1))/(A_(2))|`

C

`T/(ln2)|l n(A_(2))/(2A_(1))|`

D

`T ln |A_(2)/(2A_(1))|`

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