A radioactive sample is undergoing $\alpha$ decay. At any time $t_{1}$, its activity is $A$ and another time $t _{2}$, the activity is $\frac{ A }{5}$. What is the average life time for the sample?

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  • A

    $\frac{\ell n 5}{ t _{2}- t _{1}}$

  • B

    $\frac{ t _{1}- t _{2}}{\ell n 5}$

  • C

    $\frac{ t _{2}- t _{1}}{\ell n 5}$

  • D

    $\frac{\ell n \left( t _{2}+ t _{1}\right)}{2}$

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