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A radioactive substance consists of two distinct having equal number of atoms initially. The mean products in both cases are stable. A plot is made of total number of radioactive nuclei as a function of time. Which of the following figures best represents the form of this plot?

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The decrease of radioactive element (parent element) follows the exponential functions.
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