The mean life time of a radionuclide, if its activity decrease by $4\%$ for every $1h$ , would be  .......... $h$ [product is non-radioactive i.e. stable]

  • A

    $25$

  • B

    $1.042$

  • C

    $2$

  • D

    $30$

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