Hazards and uses of radioactive emissions and of background radiation (physics only)

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An archivist uses a radiation detector to assess a vintage pocket watch with radium-painted hands.

To determine the radiation emitted solely by the watch, the archivist performs two measurements:

  1. They measure the background radiation in the empty archive room, recording 216216216 counts over a duration of 12 minutes12\text{ minutes}12 minutes.
  2. They place the watch close to the detector and record 340834083408 counts over a period of 4 minutes4\text{ minutes}4 minutes.

Calculate the corrected count rate of the pocket watch in counts per second.

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