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A beam of 6 MeV particles scatters from a gold foil of thickness of 0.6 µm.
(a) What fraction of the particles is scattered between 1° and 2°?
(b) What is the ratio of particles scattered through angles greater than 2° to the number scattered through angles greater than 15°?

What is the ratio of particles scattered through angles greater than 5° to the number scattered through angles greater than 90°?

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A beam of 6 MeV particles scatters from a gold foil of thickness 0.6 µm.
(a) What fraction of the particles is scattered between 1° and 2°?

(b) What is the ratio of particles scattered through angles greater than 2° to the number scattered through angles greater than 15°?

(c) What is the ratio of particles scattered through angles ...

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