A radioactive nucleus can decay by two different processes. The half lives of the first and second decay processes are 5\times10^3 and 10^5 years respectively.Then, the effective half-life of the nucleus is

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A radioactive nucleus can decay by two different processes. The half lives of the first and second decay processes are 5×103 and 105 years respectively.Then, the effective half-life of the nucleus is

105×105 yrs
4762 yrs
104 yrs
47.6 yrs

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