The half-life of a radioactive nucleus is $5$ years. The fraction of the original sample that would decay in $15$ years is

  • A
    $\frac{1}{8}$
  • B
    $\frac{1}{4}$
  • C
    $\frac{7}{8}$
  • D
    $\frac{3}{4}$

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