PET scans require fluorine-18, wich is produced in a cyclotron and decays with a half-life of 1.83 hours. Assuming that the fluorine-18 can be transported at 60.0 miles/hr, how close must the hospital be to the cyclotron if 65% of the fluorine-18 produced makes it to the hospital?

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Writing and Balancing Nuclear Equations

A nuclear equation is a symbolic representation of a nuclear reaction using certain symbols. It is studied in nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics.