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OCR: where is the age ot the rock ot mineral specimen is the number ol atoms of daughter product today is the number of atoms of the parent isotope today is the natural lograithm (logarithm base e) and the appropriate decay constant (The decay constant for each parent isotope is related to its half-life In2 the following expression