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32.3 Exercise 4

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Calculate the dose in Sv to the chest of a patient given an x-ray under the following conditions. The x-ray beam intensity is 1.50 W/m2\text{1}.\text{50 W} /\text{m}^{2}, the area of the chest exposed is 0.0750m2\text{0}.\text{0750} \text{m}^{2}, 35.0% of the x-rays are absorbed in 20.0 kg of tissue, and the exposure time is 0.250 s.

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 32.3 Therapeutic Uses of Ionizing Radiation, exercise 4

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