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A geologist is attempting to date a layer of sedimentary rock. He performs radioactive dating using uranium-235, which has a half-life of 70
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A geologist is attempting to date a layer of sedimentary rock. He performs radioactive dating using uranium-235, which has a half-life of 703 million years. He determines that the uranium-235 has undergone 3 half-lives. Approximately how old is the rock?
710 billion years
2.11 billion years
710 million years
235 million years
2.11 million years
none of the above
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It’s 2.11 billion years
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2.11 billion years.
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