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A parent nucleus $X$ is decaying into daughter nucleus $Y$ which in turn decays to $Z$ . The half-life of $X$ and $Y$ are $40000$ years and $20$ years respectively. In a certain sample, it is found that the number fo $Y$ nuclei in the sample is $X 4 \times 10^{20}$ , the number of $Y$ nuclei present in it is:

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2 \times 10^{17}

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B

2 \times 10^{20}

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C

4 \times 10^{23}

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4 \times 10^{20}

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