Suppose that 10 units of beryllium are present in a living


Question: Fossil dating radioactive beryllium is sometimes used to date fossils found in deep-sea sediment. The amount of radioactive material x satisfies

dx/dt = kx

Suppose that 10 units of beryllium are present in a living organism and that the half-life of beryllium is 4.6 million years. Find the age of a fossil if 20% of the original radioactivity is present when the fossil is discovered.

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Mathematics: Suppose that 10 units of beryllium are present in a living
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