A rock formed with 5000 atoms of a radioactive parent element, but contain5 only 625 radioactive parent atoms today, If the halt-life for the radioactive elernent is one million years, how old is the rock? O 4 million years old O 750,000 years old O 250,000 years old O none of these O 2 million years old

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A rock formed with 5000 atoms of a radioactive parent clement, but contains only 625 radioactive parent atoms today. F the half-life for the radioactive element is one millon years, how old is the
rock?
O 4 million years old
O 750,000 years old
O 250,000 years old
O none of these
O 2 million years old
Transcribed Image Text:A rock formed with 5000 atoms of a radioactive parent clement, but contains only 625 radioactive parent atoms today. F the half-life for the radioactive element is one millon years, how old is the rock? O 4 million years old O 750,000 years old O 250,000 years old O none of these O 2 million years old
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