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Title: Riding along the road on your bicycle, you make a sharp right turn, hit some gra Post by: shortie062 on May 22, 2016 Riding along the road on your bicycle, you make a sharp right turn, hit some gravel, and tumble to the ground striking your shoulder. You are in a lot of pain. Worrying that you might have broken your shoulder blade or a rib, you walk your bike to the nearby hospital for emergency care.Just two X-rays are taken, and the time of exposure was quite limited. According the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency, your radiation exposure for the X-rays was
A: minimal, but does pose a slight health risk. B: below any level to cause harm C: a different type of radiation that does not cause biological damage. D: harmless, because medical radiation is not the same dangerous energy as radiation from nuclear energy. Answer is A |