Suppose That a Certain Saber- Toothed- Tiger Contained One Gram

question 24

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a certain saber- toothed- tiger contained one gram of ¹⁴C [half- life 6000 years] when it died. The approximate ¹⁴C content of the remains of this tiger 24,000 years later would be

• A) zero grams.
• B) 1/32 gram.
• C) 1/16 gram.
• D) 1/8 gram.
• E) impossible to predict.

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