Q)a student test five radioactive source and obtains the count rates shown below for each the sources. the half-life of each source is indicated beside it. which of the five sources will have the highest count rate one year later? Provide calculations.
a) Source A = 500000 counts per minute, t1/2 = 50 hours.
b) source B= 100000 counts per minutes, t1/2 = 80 days
c) source C = 10000 counts per minutes, t1/2 = 80 years
d) source D = 5000 counts per minutes, t1/2 = 80 weeks
e) source E = 1000 counts per minutes, t1/2 = 80 months
f) The information given is insufficient to know.
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