The half-life of a radioactive nuclide is $100 \, hours$. The fraction of original activity that will remain after $150 \, hours$ would be:

  • A
    $\frac{1}{2}$
  • B
    $\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}}$
  • C
    $\frac{2}{3}$
  • D
    $\frac{2}{3 \sqrt{2}}$

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