2007-10-31 02:12:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
One specific practical application is cancer treatment. The proper amount of radiation is calculated to kill cancer cells without unnecessarily risking the good cells.
X-Ray technology also calculates the risk of radiation to patients.
Research scientists also use half-life calculations to extrapolate animal research to human equivalents when testing medical products.
Auditors and accountants make a similar calculation sometimes when doing depreciation and amortization figures. Life insurance plans for married couples use calculations based upon percentage of life expectancy.
2007-10-31 02:30:27 · answer #1 · answered by Menehune 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Half Life In Real Life
2016-12-17 10:09:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you go up the curve instead of down, you can figure out how many rabbits you'll have in a year if you start with one male and one female. Or how quickly bacteria will multiply.
You can run medical diagnostic tests in the body when you know how much of something there will be in a certain time. You can back date the age of certain things in nature when you have a sample that contains a radioactive isotope. You can determine the time of a murder by measuring certain things in the body.
If you're in the mafia you can calculate how much money you'll make on your loan sharking.
2007-10-31 03:13:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In everything from nuclear reactions and waste management to age dating. Every radioactive material has a half life, by measuring the ratio of mother to daughter products the age of the material can be calculated as can the amount of time until the material is no longer radioactive.
2007-10-31 02:17:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dosages and side-effects in pharmaceuticals
2007-10-31 02:16:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋