In a radioactive disintegration,the ratio of the initial number of atoms to the number of atoms present at time $t = \frac{1}{2 \lambda}$ is $[\lambda = \text{decay constant}]$

  • A
    $\frac{1}{e}$
  • B
    $\sqrt{e}$
  • C
    $e$
  • D
    $2e$

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