The half-life of a sample of a radioactive substance is $1 \text{ hour}$. If $8 \times 10^{10}$ atoms are present at $t = 0$,then the number of atoms decayed in the duration $t = 2 \text{ hours}$ to $t = 4 \text{ hours}$ will be

  • A
    $2 \times 10^{10}$
  • B
    $1.5 \times 10^{10}$
  • C
    Zero
  • D
    Infinity

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