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The half-life of a radioactive isotope X is 20 yr. It decays to another element Y which is stable. The two elements X and Y were found to be in the ratio `1:7` in a sample of a given rock. The age of the rock is estimated to be

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60 years

B

80 years

C

100 years

D

40 years

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