A Geiger Counter Registers a Count Rate of 8,000 Counts

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Short Answer

A Geiger counter registers a count rate of 8,000 counts per minute from a sample of a radioisotope.The count rate 24 minutes later is 1,000 counts per minute.What is the half-life of the radioisotope?

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Definitions:

Beta

A scale for calculating the instability, or regular risk, of a security or combined investments relative to the market in its entirety.

Systematic Risk

The risk inherent to the entire market or market segment, not reducible through diversification.

Security Market Line

A line on a chart that displays the relationship between risk and the expected return of the market portfolio. It serves as a graphical representation of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

Beta Coefficient

A framework for quantifying the variability, or orderly risk, of a security or investment compilation when juxtaposed with the general market.