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Chemistry, 15.07.2019 05:30 nicollexo21

Radiometric isotope x decays to daughter isotope y with a half-life of 220,000 years. at present you have 1/4 gram of x in the rock. from the amount of daughter isotope y presently in the rock, you determine that the rock contained 16 grams of isotope x when it formed. how many half-lives have gone by? how old is the rock?

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