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Question 1

A radioactive sample has an initial activity of 2.00 × 106 cpm (counts per minute), and after 4.0 days, its activity is 9.0 × 105 cpm. What is its activity after 31 days?

◦ 8.3 cpm
◦ 4.1 × 103 cpm
◦ 4.9 × 102 cpm
◦ 1.0 × 10–9 cpm
◦ None of these are correct.

Question 2

A sample of wood from an Egyptian mummy case gives a count of 7.0 cpm/gC (counts per minute per gram of carbon). How old is the wood? (The initial decay rate of is 15.3 cpm/g C, and its half-life is 5730 years.)

◦ 3233 yr
◦ 8965 yr
◦ 6465 yr
◦ 7515 yr
◦ None of these are correct.
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