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CAPE Physics Unit 2 · 2011 · Paper 2 · Question 3(b)(ii)

An experiment investigates the intensity C of gamma rays with distance d from source S, where corrected distance is (d - x) and background count rate is 27 counts per minute.

Show that a straight line graph would be expected if d were plotted against 1 / sqrt(C).

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  1. 3(a)Identify EACH type of radiation stopped by the respective materials in Figure 3 (a) by writing the name of the radiation next to the corresponding arrow.[3 marks]
  2. 3(b)(i)Express the relationship between intensity, C, of gamma rays and corrected distance, (d - x), mathematically.[1 mark]
  3. 3(b)(iii)Complete Table 1 to show the data that must be plotted to obtain the graph of d against 1 / sqrt(C).[2 marks]
  4. 3(b)(iv)On the graph paper provided on page 11, plot the graph of d against 1 / sqrt(C).[5 marks]
  5. 3(b)(v)Determine, from the graph, the value of x.[2 marks]

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