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A sample of a meteorite has been analyzed, and the result shows that out of every 1000 n...

A sample of a meteorite has been analyzed, and the result shows that out of every 1000 nuclei of potassium-40 originally in the meteorite ,only 200 have not decayed. How old is the meteorite? (Hint: See Figure 19-7.)

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