The half-life of a radioactive substance is $40$ years. How long will it take to reduce to one fourth of its original amount and what is the value of decay constant

  • A

    $40\, year,\,  0.9173/year$

  • B

    $90\ year, 9.017/year$

  • C

    $80\, year, 0.0173 \,year$

  • D

    None of these

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