Find the age for a rock for which you determine that 58 of


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Problem- You are dating Moon rocks based on their proportions of uranium-238 (half-life of about 4.5 billion years) and its ultimate decay product, lead.

Part 1- Find the age for a rock for which you determine that 58% of the original uranium-238 remains, while the other 42% has decayed into lead.

T= ( ) billion years

Part 2- Find the age for a rock for which you determine that 66% of the original uranium-238 remains, while the other 34% has decayed into lead.

T= ( ) billion years

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