PH-2094
Background radiation
Physics · Secondary 4 · Easy · Background radiation
A radioactive sample has a count rate of 500 counts per minute. The background count rate is 20 counts per minute. What is the count rate due to the sample alone?
- 20 counts per minute
- 480 counts per minute
- 500 counts per minute
- 520 counts per minute
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