The half life of polonium is $140\, days$. After how many days, $16 \,gm$ polonium will be reduced to $1 \,gm$ .........$days$(or $15\,g$ will decay)

  • A

    $700$

  • B

    $280 $

  • C

    $560 $

  • D

    $420$

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