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Consider two nuclei of the same radioactive nuclide. One of the nuclei was created in a supernova explosion 5 billion years ago. The other was created in a nuclear reactor 5 minutes ago. The probability of decay during the next time is

A

Different for each nuclei

B

Nuclei created in explosion decays first

C

Nuclei created in the reactor decays first

D

Independent of the time of creation

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