Chemistry (OER)
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Chapter 21, Problem 39E

A sample of rock was found to contain 8.23 mg of rubidium-87 and 0.47 mg of strontium-87..

(a) Calculate the age of the rock if the half-life of the decay of rubidium by β emission is 4.7 × 10 10 y.

(b) If some S 38 87 r was initially present in the rock, would the rock be younger, older, or the same age as the age calculated in (a)? Explain your answer.

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