If the initial amount of iridium-192 produces radiation at 1,000 times the safe level, how long will it take before radiation levels drop below the safe level?

a). in this case, dh> 0 and sd> 0. if t becomes larger, the term "-tds" will become more negative. at some point, it is possible that -dts will be more negative than the dh is positive, and the reaction will become spontaneous. this is probably the correct answer, but you should look at all of the other possibilities and make sure of that.