Half lives of two radioactive nuclei $A$ and $B$ are $10\, minutes$ and $20\, minutes$, respectively. If, initially a sample has equal number of nuclei, then after $60$ $minutes$ , the ratio of decayed numbers of nuclei $A$ and $B$ will be

  • [JEE MAIN 2019]
  • A

    $9 : 8$

  • B

    $1 : 8$

  • C

    $8 : 1$

  • D

    $3 : 8$

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