Which of the following would be valid uses of a radioactive tracer? embedding a radioactive plug in a valuable necklace so that its location can be determined using a Geiger counter   adding a stream of radioisotopes to wastewater to examine where pollution goes when it flows into the ocean   placing radioactive sources around a room to trace the location of people as they move through the room   filling a pipeline with a radioactive gas to see if it contains any leaks

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