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Question 1

When a rock first crystallizes it has unstable isotopes but as of yet no daughter products. After three half-lives, how much total mass has been lost due to decay?
◦ seven-eighths
◦ two-thirds
◦ one-half
◦ none

Question 2

The half-life of carbon-14 is about 6000 years. Assume that a sample of charcoal formed by burning of living wood 15,000 years ago. How much of the original carbon-14 would remain today?
◦ between one-fourth and one-eighth
◦ between one-half and one-fourth
◦ more than one-half
◦ between one-half and one-third
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Reply #1 on: Feb 28, 2020
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