Question: (a) Assuming that the sample all went to the thyroid gland, what will be the decay rate in that gland 24 d (about 2

(a) Assuming that the sample all went to the thyroid gland, what will be the decay rate in that gland 24 d (about 2 ½ weeks) later?
(b) If the decay rate in the thyroid 24 d later is actually measured to be 17.0Bq, what percentage of the tracer went to that gland?
(c) What isotope remains after the 1-131 decays?

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