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Some unusual meteorites thought to be chips from Mars contain small amounts of radioactive thorium-232 and its decay product, lead-208. The half-life for this decay process is 14 billion years. Analysis of one such meteorite shows that 93.0 % of the original thorium remains How old is this meteorite?

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