In an industrial accident a 65-kg person receives a lethal whole-body equivalent dose of 5.4 Sv from

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In an industrial accident a 65-kg person receives a lethal whole-body equivalent dose of 5.4 Sv from x rays.
(a) What is the equivalent dose in rem?
(b) What is the absorbed dose in rad?
(c) What is the total energy absorbed by the person's body? How does this amount of energy compare to the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 65 kg of water 0.010oC?
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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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