Determine the Decay Rate for a Radioisotope Sample with an Activity

question 87

Multiple Choice

Determine the decay rate for a radioisotope sample with an activity of 12 microcuries. [1 curie = 3.7 * 10¹⁰ disintegrations/s]

• A) 4.2 * 10⁵/s
• B) 4.4 * 10⁵/s
• C) 4.6 * 10⁵/s
• D) 4.8 * 10⁵/s
• E) None of the above

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