The mean life of a radioactive sample are $30\,year$ and $60\,year$ for $\alpha -$ emission and $\beta -$ emission respectively. If the sample decays both by $\alpha -$ emission and $\beta -$ emission simultaneously, then the time after which, only one-fourth of the sample remain is approximately ............ $years$

  • A

    $28$

  • B

    $20$

  • C

    $40$

  • D

    $45$

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