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Author: Bennett, Jeffrey O., Donahue, M. (megan), SCHNEIDER, Nicholas, Voit, Mark
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Chapter 4, Problem 22SEQ
Explain all answers clearly, with complete sentences and proper essay structure, if needed. An asterisk (*) designates a quantitative problem, for which you should show all your work.
Radiometric Dating. For each of the following, assume that all the argon-40 comes from radiactive decay of potassium-40, a process with a half-life of 1.25 billion years.
- You find a rock that contains equal amounts of potassium-40 and argon-40. How old is its? Explain.
- You find a rock that contains three times as much argon-40 as potassium-40. How old is it? Explain.
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Cosmic Perspective Fundamentals
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