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.(1 point)

Responses

516,300,000,000
516,300,000,000

11,463,000,000
11,463,000,000

447,000,000,000
447,000,000,000

4.4637×10^11

2 answers

To find the half-life of uranium-238, we start with the half-life of uranium-235, which is 700,000,000 years. The problem states that the half-life of uranium-238 is 4.463 × 10^11 years longer than that of uranium-235.

First, we'll convert \(4.463 \times 10^{11}\) years to decimal form: \[ 4.463 \times 10^{11} = 446,300,000,000 (approximately) \]

Now, we can calculate the half-life of uranium-238: \[ \text{Half-life of uranium-238} = \text{Half-life of uranium-235} + 4.463 \times 10^{11} \] \[ = 700,000,000 + 446,300,000,000 \] \[ = 447,000,000,000 \]

Thus, the half-life of uranium-238 is \(447,000,000,000\) years.

Final Answer: 447,000,000,000

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