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Use the information in the table to calculate the ages of the meteorites. The half-life of potassium-40 is 1.3 billion years. Use your calculations to answer the questions.

How old is meteorite 1?

How old is meteorite 2?

How old is meteorite 3?

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Answer:

Meteorite 1 is 2.6 billion years

meteorite 2 is 5.2 billion years

Meteorite 3 is 3.9 billion years

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