170,442 views
27 votes
27 votes
Using half life and the time you just calculated how old is a chicken fossil?

User Bgshi
by
2.3k points

2 Answers

13 votes
13 votes

Answer: Now that you know how many half-lives have passed for your fossil, you need to multiply your number of half-lives by how many years are in one half-life. This gives you an age of 2 x 5730 = 11,460 years.

Step-by-step explanation:

User Chaz
by
2.9k points
19 votes
19 votes

Answer:

66 million years ago

Step-by-step explanation:

The age of dinosaurs, has been discovered. The tiny fossil, nicknamed the "wonderchicken," includes a complete skull hidden inside pieces of rock, and dates to more than 66 million years ago.

User Commadelimited
by
3.0k points