standard_description: Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.
problem_activity: Potassium-40 has a half-life of
$${1.28\times 10^9}$$
years, which means that after that many years, half of a sample has decayed into a different isotope of carbon. If a sample began with
$${115}$$
grams of potassium-40
$${30,000,000}$$
years ago, how much is left today? How long will it be until there are only
$${50}$$
grams remaining?


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