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Which of the following is not one of the base quantities in the SI system? (a) mass, (b) length, (c) energy, (d) time, (e) All of the above are base quantities.

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Suppose you build a low-income house that quali?es for the low-income housing tax credit. The cost of building the house is $100,000. a. Over a 10-year period, your tax credit is _____ , computed as b. Based on Quigleys results, the market value of the house is _____ , computed as

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Write balanced equations to represent decay reactions of the following isotopes. The decay process or daughter isotope is given in parentheses. a. \({ }_{63}^{157} \mathrm{Eu}\) (beta emission) b. \({ }_{78}^{190} \mathrm{Pt}\) (daughter = osmium - 186) c. \({ }_{62}^{138} \mathrm{Sm}\) (