Two radioactive materials $X_1$ and $X_2$ have decay constant $5\lambda$ and $\lambda$ respectively intially they have the saame number of nuclei, then the ratio of the number of nuclei of $X_1$ to that $X_2$ will be $\frac{1}{e}$ after a time
Two radioactive materials $X_1$ and $X_2$ have decay constant $5\lambda$ and $\lambda$ respectively intially they have the saame number of nuclei, then the ratio of the number of nuclei of $X_1$ to that $X_2$ will be $\frac{1}{e}$ after a time
- [AIPMT 2008]
- A
$4λ$
- B
$2λ$
- C
$\frac{1}{{2\lambda }}$
- D
$\;\frac{1}{{4\lambda }}$
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