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24 March, 12:30

A fossil bone has 25% of this new radioactive element remaining. If the half-life of this new element is 10,000 years, how old is the fossil bone?

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  1. 24 March, 12:41
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    The element starts off as 100%. half of 100% is 50% and half of 50% is 25%. the element has emitted 2 times the half life which is 10,000 x 2 = 20,000

    the fossil bone is 20,000 years old
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