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40K decays to 40Ar with a half-life of 1.27 x109 years. The age of a mineral sample that has a mass ratio of 40Ar to 40K of 0.812 is ___ years.
1.56 × 10 9
1.09 × 10 9
7.55 × 10 8
1.02 × 10 9
1.47 x 10 9
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