(Q114) A meteorite recovered from a meteor landing site in the Australian outback contains 0.438 g of lead-206 for every 1.000 g of uranium-238 that it contains. Assuming the rock did not originally contain any lead-206, how old is the meteorite? (The half-life for this decay process is 4.5 x 10⁹ years). O 2.3 x 10⁹ years O 2.7 x 10⁹ years O 4.4 x 10⁹ years O 1.5 x 1010 years O 7.1 x 10⁹ years

(Q114) A meteorite recovered from a meteor landing site in the Australian outback contains 0.438 g of lead-206 for every 1.000 g of uranium-238 that it contains. Assuming the rock did not originally contain any lead-206, how old is the meteorite? (The half-life for this decay process is 4.5 x 10⁹ years). O 2.3 x 10⁹ years O 2.7 x 10⁹ years O 4.4 x 10⁹ years O 1.5 x 1010 years O 7.1 x 10⁹ years

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Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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