A patient is given

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Problem

A patient is given

^{99m}\mathrm{Tc}

, physical half-life

T_{1/2} = 6.01\,\mathrm{h}

, which is taken up by the kidney and cleared with a biological half-life

T_b = 24.0\,\mathrm{h}

. Calculate the effective half-life of the activity in the kidney.