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Sully works as a geologist in the southwestern United States. He plans to choose an unstable isotope to find the absolute age of a rock sample. Which two aspects must he consider before making his choice?

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1 There should be a sufficient amount of the selected isotope in the rock. The isotope should be one that decays at a very fast rate.

2 The isotope must not be found in any neighboring rocks.

3 The half-life of the isotope must be long enough to capture the age of the rock. 4 There should be more than one unstable isotope in the rock.

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Answer: 3. The half- life of the isotope must be long enough to capture the age of the rock. and

4. their should be more than one unstable isotope.

In radioactive dating proces, the parent isotope is in unstable state which undergoes decay process to give stable  daughter isotopes. Half-life is the amount of time it takes for half of the parent isotopes to decay. The  rock dating requires a long lived parent isotope so that it can capture the exact rock age.

One rock when get decayed in the daughter isotope other will be available identify the age.



                   

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I'm pretty sure this is the correct answer

1. There should be a sufficient amount of the selected isotope in the rock.

4. The half-life of the isotope must be long enough to capture the age of the rock.