A paleontologist estimates that when a particular rock formed, it contained 12 mg of the radioactive

isotope potassium-40, which has a half-life of 1.3 billion years. The rock now contains 3 mg of the
isotope. About how old is the rock?



a. 2.6 billion years
b. 5.2 billion years
c. 1.3 billion years
d. 0.3 billion years
e. 0.4 billion years


B

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