A pendulum with time period of $1\, s$ is losing energy due to damping. At certain time its energy is $45\, J$. If after  completing $15\,oscillations$ , its energy has become $15\, J$, its damping constant (in $s^{-1}$ ) is
  • A$\frac{1}{2}$
  • B$\frac{1}{{30}}\ln \,3$
  • C$2$
  • D$\frac{1}{{15}}\ln \,3$
JEE MAIN 2015, Medium
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