Four machines contribute the following noise levels in db to a worker's exposure:

machine 1 80 dba

machine 2 86 dba

machine 3 93 dba

machine 4 70 dba

(a) calculate the combined noise-level exposure for this worker.

(b) the offending machine is obviously machine 3. suppose that machine 3 was at a distance of 5 feet away from the worker when the 93 dba level was measured. determine how far away would machine 3 have to be moved to bring the worker's continuous 8-hour combined exposure from all machines down to the osha pel

answer: the correct answer is 1.

explanation: there are various process in which a radioactive nuclei decays:

1) alpha decay: in this process, a heavier nuclei decays into lighter nuclei by releasing alpha particle. the mass number is reduced by 4 units.

2) electron capture: in this decay process, a parent nuclei absorbs an electron and gets converted into a neutron. simply, a proton and an electron combines together to form a neutron. mass number does not change in this process.

3) gamma ray emission: it is a decay process in which an unstable nuclei gives excess energy by a spontaneous electromagnetic process. this decay releases . this process does not change the mass number.

4) positron emission: it is a type of decay process, in which a proton gets converted to neutron and an electron neutrino. this is also known as -decay. in this the mass number remains same.

from the above information, we see that only alpha-decay is producing a change in the mass number of the nucleus.

your answer is, orbit around the nucleus