Question

A radioactive material decays by simultaneous emission of two particles with respective half lives 1620 and 810 years. The time (in years) after which one- fourth of the material remains is

(a) 1080  

(b) 2430

(c) 3240  

(d) 4860

Answer

(a) 1080  

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