An ancient rock is found to contain 40Ar gas,indicating that
of the 40K in the rock has decayed since the rock solidified.Any argon would have boiled out of liquid rock.The half-life of 40K is 1.25 billion years.How long ago did the rock solidify?
A) 2.6 billion years
B) 0.50 billion years
C) 1.8 billion years
D) 0.30 billion years
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