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  • 24-10-2022
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you analyze a sample of a meteorite that landed on earth and find that 3 4 of the uranium-238 radioactive atoms have decayed into lead-206. what is the age of the sample (in years) if the half-life of uranium-238 is 4.5 billion years?



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