Carbon-11labeled acetate shows promise in PET scans for determining the extent of metastasized prostate cancer. (a) Given

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Carbon-11–labeled acetate shows promise in PET scans for determining the extent of metastasized prostate cancer.
(a) Given C-11’s 20.4-min half-life, how long will it take an initial dose of 2.0 GBq to decay to 7.0 kBq (roughly the natural radioactivity of the human body)?
(b) What nucleus remains after C-11 decays by positron emission?

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Essential University Physics

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