The half life of radioactive Radon is $3.8\, days$. The time at the end of which $1/20^{th}$ of the Radon sample will remain undecayed is  ............ $days$ (Given $log_{10}e = 0.4343$ )

  • A

     $3.8$

  • B

     $16.5$

  • C

     $33$

  • D

     $76$

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