Astronomy, age of a moon rock, half life

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Moon rocks containing uranium 238, decays to lead with a half life of 4.5 billion yrs. The lunar rock sample you're invistigating contains half of the original uranium 238. How old is the rock?

How would I go about solving this? What formula should I use?
 
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