A mineral contains 75 parent isotope and 25 daughter isotope. The half-life of the isotope is 200 years.
when did ths mineral crystallize?

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This mineral crystallize after 83 years

For each half-life, you divide the total amount of the isotope by 2, so

Amount remaining = original amount/2^n

n the number of half-lives.

A = Ao/2^n

If there were originally 100 atoms, and 75 of the atoms remain, we have

100/75 = 2^n

4/3 = 2^n

log(4/3) = n log 2

n = log(4/3)/log2 = 0.1249/0.3010 = 0.415

t = 0.415*t/2 = 0.415*200 = 83 years

This mineral crystallize after 83 years

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