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On analysis a sample of `.^(238)U` ore was found to contain 20.6g of `._(82)^(206)Pb` ad 23.8g of `._(92)^(238)U`. The half life period `.^(238)U` is `4.50 xx 10^(9)` years. If all the lead were assumed to have come from decay of `._(92)^(238)U`, what is the age of the ore?

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On analysis a sample of uranium are was found to contain 227g of ._(82)Pb^(208) and 1.667 g of ._(92)U^(238) . The half life peiod of U^(238) is 4.51 xx 10^(9) yrs. If all the lead was assumed to have come from decay of ._(92)U^(238) , what is the age of the earth?

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