Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

A detector positioned close to a radioactive source records $2000$ counts per minute. How is the corrected count rate calculated?

  • Aby moving the detector closer to the source
  • Bby placing an absorber between the detector and the source
  • Cby repeating and averaging the measurements
  • Dby taking away the background radiation count rate

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