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I set it up so that 0.95=e-μx trying to let μ=1/0.017 so that x could be in meters without having units in the exponent. That did not work either when trying to solve for x. There are no explanations for these practice problems and I have only ever heard the term "absorption coefficient" not...

Homework Statement Imagine a 10 cm thick slab of flesh. If your x-ray imager can reliably identify a 5% change in intensity from one location to another in an image, what is the smallest diameter bone you are going to be able to make detect in your x-ray image? Absorption length of bone...