Obtain the biologically equivalent dose given to the tumor

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A beam of particles is directed at a 0.017-kg tumor. There are 2.1x10^10 particles per second reaching the tumor, and the energy of each particle is 4.8MeV. The RBE for the radiation is 14. Find the biologically equivalent dose given to the tumor in 19s.

Reference no: EM13518599

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