Half lives of two radioactive substances $A$ and $B$ are respectively $20$ minutes and $40$ minutes. Initially the sample of $A$ and $B$ have equal number of nuclei. After $80$ minutes, the ratio of remaining number of $A$ and $B$ nuclei is

  • [AIPMT 1998]
  • A

    $ 1 : 16$

  • B

    $4 : 1$

  • C

    $1 : 4$

  • D

    $ 1 : 1$

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