A nuclear explosion produces among a lot of other things) 7.9 × 1023 Bq of iodine-131, which has a half-life of 8.05 d, and 5.7 × 1021 Bq of barium-140, which has a half-life of 12.8 d. The total decay rate that remains after 145 d is
A) 3.5 × 1018 Bq.
B) 1.16 × 1020 Bq.
C) 2.2 × 1018 Bq.
D) 5.2 × 1018 Bq.
E) 7.3 × 1018 Bq.
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