Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 16, Problem 7SQ

If the half-life of a radioisotope is 20,000 years, then a sample in which three-quarters of that radioisotope has decayed is ______ years old.

  1. a. 15,000
  2. b. 26,667
  3. c. 30,000
  4. d. 40,000
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