The half-life of uranium-235 is 700,000,000 years. The half-life of uranium-238 is 4.463×1011 years longer. What is the half-life of uranium-238? The answer should be in decimal form.

Responses

516,300,000,000
516,300,000,000 - no response given

4.4637×1011
4 point 4 6 3 7 times 10 to the 11th power - no response given

447,000,000,000
447,000,000,000 - no response given

11,463,000,000

1 answer

To find the half-life of uranium-238, we need to add the half-life of uranium-235 and the additional time given for uranium-238.

The half-life of uranium-235 is 700,000,000 years, and the difference in half-life between uranium-238 and uranium-235 is given as \( 4.463 \times 10^{11} \) years.

First, we convert \( 4.463 \times 10^{11} \) into decimal form:

\[ 4.463 \times 10^{11} = 446,300,000,000 \text{ years} \]

Now, we calculate the half-life of uranium-238:

\[ \text{Half-life of uranium-238} = 700,000,000 \text{ years} + 446,300,000,000 \text{ years} \]

Doing the addition:

\[ 700,000,000 + 446,300,000,000 = 447,000,000,000 \text{ years} \]

Therefore, the half-life of uranium-238 is:

\[ \boxed{447,000,000,000} \]