The half-life period of a radioactive element is $140$ days. After $560$ days,one gram of the element will reduce to

  • A
    $1/2 \ g$
  • B
    $1/4 \ g$
  • C
    $1/8 \ g$
  • D
    $1/16 \ g$

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