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after 4 half ives the radioactive material becomes 6.25% so age of the rock is

400000 x 4 = 1600000 years or 1.6 Million years.

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Q: If a radioisotope has a half life of 400000 years and only 6.25 percent of the original radioisotope was present in a rock how old is the rock?
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