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In an experimental radiation therapy, an equivalent dose of 0.400rem is given to a localized area of tissue with a mass of 0.170kg by 0.800Mev protons. How many protons are absorbed by the tissue? How many alpha particles of the same energy of 0.800Mevare required to deliver the same equivalent dose of 0.400?

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