Drawing Conclusions
Having studied the data for patterns and trends, you should now be able to draw some conclusions about how knowing the half-life of the element Lokium would help you determine the absolute age of rock in which this element is found.
In a paragraph, create an imaginary example of finding a given amount of Lokium and DOL in a rock, and then determining the absolute age of that rock. Assume that each trial represents 1,000 years.
Hint: You just need to make up a number of atoms you're pretending you found in the rock, so you can choose anything between 1 and 100. So suppose you chose 25 as your number—find in one of your data tables how many rolls it took to reduce your cubes down to 25 remaining. That number will be the age of your rock, in thousands (so if it took 8 rolls to reduce your cubes to 25 or less, your rock is 8,000 years old) Explain this process in a paragraph as if you're describing it to someone who wanted to know how you found out how old the rock is.