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Kthamas

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A beam of high-energy -particles is incident upon a person and deposits 0.35 J of energy in 0.80 kg of tissue. What dose in rads and what equivalent dose in rems does the individual receive? RBE  = 20

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The number of daylight hours before 12 noon is ______________ the number of daylight hours past 12 noon.
 a. greater than
  b. less than
  c. approximately the same as


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olivia_paige29

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

44 rad, 880 rem

Answer to Question 2

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Kthamas

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Excellent

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