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A radioactive sample at any instant has its disintegration rate 5000 disintegrations per minute.
After 5 minute, the rate 1250 disintegration per minute. The decay constant (per minute) is

A

0.4 ln (2)

B

0.2 ln (2)

C

0.1 ln (2)

D

0.8 ln (2)

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