About (12 %) of your body mass is carbon; some of this is radioactive ({ }^{14} mathrm{C}),
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About \(12 \%\) of your body mass is carbon; some of this is radioactive \({ }^{14} \mathrm{C}\), a beta-emitter. If you absorb \(100 \%\) of the\(49 \mathrm{keV}\) energy of each \({ }^{14} \mathrm{C}\) decay, what dose equivalent in Sv do you receive each year from the \({ }^{14} \mathrm{C}\) in your body?
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