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After 225 days the activity of a sample is 4000 decay/s. The activity reduces to 2000 decay/s after another 75 days. The initial activity of the sample is

A

16000 decay/s

B

20,000 decay/s

C

24,000 decay/s

D

32,000 decay/s

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