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Iodine-131 is used to treat thyroid cancer. It decays by beta emission and has a half-li...

Iodine-131 is used to treat thyroid cancer. It decays by beta emission and has a half-life of 8.1 days.

(a) Write a balanced nuclear reaction for the decay of iodine-131.

(b) What is the activity (in Ci) of a 2.50-mg sample of the isotope?

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