What is the age of a sample if the ratio of radioactive parent to stable daughter product is 1:1 and the half life is 5 million years?

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22-11-2017
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What is the age of a sample if the ratio of radioactive parent to stable daughter product is 1:1 and the half life is 5 million years?

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jorel1380 jorel1380 · Answer 1 · 2017-11-23T22:45:57+01:00

jorel1380 jorel1380

23-11-2017

If the ratio of parent to daughter product is 1:1, that means that half the parent has decayed into daughter product. Since the half-life is 5 million years, then the sample is 5 million years old
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