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7.6 Exercise 16

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Using values from the table, how many DNA molecules could be broken by the energy carried by a single electron in the beam of an old-fashioned TV tube? (These electrons were not dangerous in themselves, but they did create dangerous x rays. Later model tube TVs had shielding that absorbed x rays before they escaped and exposed viewers.)

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 7.6 Conservation of Energy, exercise 16

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