A radioactive sample disintegrates via two independent decay processes having half lives $T _{1 / 2}^{(1)}$ and $T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}$ respectively. The effective half- life $T _{1 / 2}$ of the nuclei is

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  • A

    None of the above

  • B

    $T _{1 / 2}= T _{1 / 2}^{(1)}+ T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}$

  • C

    $T _{1 / 2}=\frac{ T _{1 / 2}^{(1)} T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}}{ T _{1 / 2}^{(1)}+ T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}}$

  • D

    $T _{1 / 2}=\frac{ T _{1 / 2}^{(1)}+ T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}}{ T _{1 / 2}^{(1)}- T _{1 / 2}^{(2)}}$

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