Help Me Decipher: Radio-nuclide in Blood Volume

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The discussion focuses on calculating the total volume of blood in a man after injecting a Na24 radio-nuclide solution with an initial activity of A0 = 2 x 103 disintegrations per second. After 5 hours, a blood sample showed an activity of A = 16 disintegrations per minute per cc. Given the half-life of Na24 is T = 15 hours, participants concluded that by applying radioactive decay principles, specifically using the initial and final concentrations, one can derive the total blood volume (V).

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Someone first of all someone help me decipher this question.

A small amount of solution containing Na24 radio-nuclide with activity A0 = 2 x 103 disintegrations per second was injected in the bloodstream of a man. The activity of 1.0cc of blood sample, taken 5 hours later, turned out to be A = 16 disintegrations per minute per cc. The half-life of the radio nuclide is T = 15hrs. Find the total volume of the man's blood.
 
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If you set the volume of blood to be V, then the inital concentration is A_0 over V, and the final concentration is given. You should be able to find V by back decaying the final concentration.

Does that help?
 

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