An active nucleus decays to one-third $\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)$ of its initial activity in $20 \text{ hours}$. The fraction of original activity remaining after $80 \text{ hours}$ is:

  • A
    $\frac{1}{16}$
  • B
    $\frac{1}{81}$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{36}$
  • D
    $\frac{1}{54}$

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