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A Certain Isotope Has a Half-Life of 32

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A certain isotope has a half-life of 32.4 hr and a relative biological effectiveness of 3.50.
A sample of this isotope initially delivers an absorbed dose of 0.240 Gy to 250 g of tissue.
(a)What was the initial equivalent dose to the tissue in rem and in sieverts?
(b)How many joules of energy did the 250-g sample initially receive from the isotope?

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