A radioactive sample disintegrates via two independent decay processes having half lives \( T_{1/2}^{(1)} \) and \( T_{1/2}^{(2)} \) respectively. The effective half-life, \( T_{1/2} \) of the nuclei is:
\( T_{1/2} = T_{1/2}^{(1)} + T_{1/2}^{(2)} \)
\( T_{1/2} = \dfrac{T_{1/2}^{(1)} \, T_{1/2}^{(2)}}{T_{1/2}^{(1)} + T_{1/2}^{(2)}} \)
\( T_{1/2} = \dfrac{T_{1/2}^{(1)} \, T_{1/2}^{(2)}}{T_{1/2}^{(1)} - T_{1/2}^{(2)}} \)
none of the above