If a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 5 hours is injected into your bloodstream for medical imaging purposes, how many hours do you have to wait before the amount of this isotope in your body is 1/16 its original amount?

A) 15
B) 10
C) 25
D) 5
E) 20


E) 20

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A. silicon. B. carbon. C. germanium. D. gallium.

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In terms of dark, smoother maria and cratered highlands, which Jovian moon most resembles the near side of our own?

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The focal lengths of the objective and the eyepiece in a microscope are 0.29 cm and 2.50 cm, respectively. An object is placed at 0.30 cm from the objective lens and the image of this object is viewed with

the eyepiece adjusted for minimum eyestrain. The near-point distance of the person using the microscope is 25.0 cm. What is the final magnification of the microscope? A) -190 B) -240 C) -300 D) -310 E) -470

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