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Homework Statement
A dose of 5 Gy of X-rays is required to destroy 63% of a particular bacterial population. It requires 1 Gy of beta particles of mean energy 1.0 MeV to accomplish the same result. What is the wR for the beta particles in this population of bacteria?
Homework Equations
H= (wR) x (Dr)
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm assuming the dose (Dr) is the 5 Gy...is the equivalent does the 1 Gy because it says it accomplishes the same result? The answer is supposed to be 5 but doing that wouldn't give me 5, and I wouldn't be using all the information. I really don't know what else to do I haven't dealt with questions like these in class :(