If an isotope has a half-life of 50 million years and an 1/8 of the sample remaining consists of that
isotope, the age of the rock from which it was taken is:
a. 400 million years.
b. 300 million years.
c. 150 million years.
d. 800 million years.
e. none of the above
C
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