Question: please answer part C correctly the expected answer is : 2 0 meters away. I do not understand how this was obtained please clearly write

please answer part C correctly the expected answer is : 20 meters away. I do not understand how this was obtained please clearly write out the formula and its relation to the rest of the problem.
We are standing 2 m from a radioactive sample with an activity of 0.2 Ci (where 1 Curie
represents an activity of 3.71010 decays/second).(For the first three parts, ignore absorp-
tion.)
(a) What would the intensity be at this distance? (I.e., how many particles per m2 per
second?).
(b) How many clicks/sec would a Geiger counter pointed at the sample record, if the surface
area of the business-end of the counter is 5 cm2?
(**** PART C *** what i need help w/-> c) How far away would we need to move to reduce the intensity by a factor of 100?
(d) We can also stay where we are and reduce the intensity by wearing some shielding
material like lead. If we use a shielding material that is 1 mm thick, what would its
linear attenuation coefficient (and half-value layer thickness) need to be?

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