Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)
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Author: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett, Eric Schulz
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Chapter 7.2, Problem 35E
Uranium dating Uranium-238 (U-238) has a half-life of 4.5 billion years. Geologists find a rock containing a mixture of U-238 and lead, and determine that 85% of the original U-238 remains: the other 15% has decayed into lead. How old is the rock?
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Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)
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