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Posted by Urgen please help on Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 5:49pm.

The half-life of 234U, uranium-234, is 2.52 multiplied by 105 yr. If 98.3% of the uranium in the original sample is present, what length of time (to the nearest thousand years) has elapsed?

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ALGEBRA - Steve, Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 6:01pm
.983 = 2^(-t / 2.52*10^5)
t = 6233

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