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Let C be the capacitance of a capacitor discharging through a resistor R. Suppose `t_1` is the time taken for the energy stored in the capacitor to reduce to half its initial value and `t_2` is the time taken for the charge to reduce to one-fourth its initial value. Then the ratio `t_1//t_2` will be

A

1

B

`1//2`

C

`1//4`

D

2

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