GENERAL: Fossils In the following exercises, use fact that the proportion of potassium-40 remaining afte t million is e 0.00054ł years In 1984 in the Wind River Basin of Wyoming, scientists discovered a fossil of a small, three-toed horse, an ancestor of the modern horse. Estimate the age of this fossil if rocks near it contained 97.3% of their original potassium-40.

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GENERAL: Fossils In the following exercises, use th
fact that the proportion of potassium-40 remaining after
t million is e~0.00054f
years
In 1984 in the Wind River Basin of Wyoming,
scientists discovered a fossil of a small, three-toed
horse, an ancestor of the modern horse. Estimate the
age of this fossil if rocks near it contained 97.3% of
their original potassium-40.
Transcribed Image Text:GENERAL: Fossils In the following exercises, use th fact that the proportion of potassium-40 remaining after t million is e~0.00054f years In 1984 in the Wind River Basin of Wyoming, scientists discovered a fossil of a small, three-toed horse, an ancestor of the modern horse. Estimate the age of this fossil if rocks near it contained 97.3% of their original potassium-40.
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