8:02 Expert Q&A Done ed help solving asap! 1. Assume you begin with 10g of a radioactive parent isotope. How many grams of the parent will remain after: One half-life, Two half-lives_ Three half-lives Four half-lives 2. If a radioactive isotope has a half-life of 400 million years, how long will it take for 50% of the material to change to the daughter? Lyears How long will it take for 25% of the material to change to the daughter? Lyears 3. A sample is brought into the laboratory and the chemist determines the percentage of the parent isotope remaining is 12.5% of the original amount. If the half-life of the material is 600 million years, how old is the sample? Lyears 4. Determine the ages of a rock sample that contain a parent isotope with a half-life of 100 million years and have the following percentages: 50% Age:_ / 25% Age:_ 6.25% Age:

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1. Assume you begin with 10g of a radioactive parent isotope. How many
grams of the parent will remain after:
One half-life,
Two half-lives_
Three half-lives
Four half-lives
2. If a radioactive isotope has a half-life of 400 million years, how long will it
take for 50% of the material to change to the daughter?
Lyears
How long will it take for 25% of the material to change to the daughter?
Lyears
3. A sample is brought into the laboratory and the chemist determines the
percentage of the parent isotope remaining is 12.5% of the original
amount. If the half-life of the material is 600 million years, how old is the
sample?
Lyears
4. Determine the ages of a rock sample that contain a parent isotope with a
half-life of 100 million years and have the following percentages:
50%
Age:_ /
25%
Age:_
6.25%
Age:
Transcribed Image Text:8:02 Expert Q&A Done ed help solving asap! 1. Assume you begin with 10g of a radioactive parent isotope. How many grams of the parent will remain after: One half-life, Two half-lives_ Three half-lives Four half-lives 2. If a radioactive isotope has a half-life of 400 million years, how long will it take for 50% of the material to change to the daughter? Lyears How long will it take for 25% of the material to change to the daughter? Lyears 3. A sample is brought into the laboratory and the chemist determines the percentage of the parent isotope remaining is 12.5% of the original amount. If the half-life of the material is 600 million years, how old is the sample? Lyears 4. Determine the ages of a rock sample that contain a parent isotope with a half-life of 100 million years and have the following percentages: 50% Age:_ / 25% Age:_ 6.25% Age:
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