If 100 people are exposed to a total (collective) dose of 1 sievert, there will probably be 4 cancers experienced among the people in this group, not four as is asserted

What will be an ideal response?


Table 20.8 says that there will probably be 1 cancer per 100 Sv. So, the collective
dose of 100 person-sieverts will probably lead to a single cancer in this group.

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