The August 1978 issue of National Geographic described the
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The August 1978 issue of National Geographic described the 1964 find of bones of a newly discovered dinosaur weighing 170 pounds, measuring 9 feet, with a 6-inch claw on one toe of each hind foot. The age of the dinosaur was estimated using potassium-40 dating of rocks surrounding the bones. a. Potassium-40 decays exponentially with a half-life of approximately 1.31 billion years. Use the fact that after 1.31 billion years a given amount of potassium-40 will have decayed to half the original amount to show that the decay model for potassium-40 is given by A A0e 0.52912t, where t is in billions of years. b. Analysis of the rocks surrounding the dinosaur bones indicated that 94.5% of the original amount of potassium-40 was still present. Let A 0.945A0 in the model in part (a) and estimate the age of the bones of the dinosaur.
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