You Are Trying to Determine the Age of a Lava

question 60

Multiple Choice

You are trying to determine the age of a lava flow using an isotope with a half-life of 1.5 million years.If the sample has gone through four half-lives, what is the age of the rock?

• A)1.5 million years
• B)6 million years
• C)375,000 years
• D)5 billion years

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