¹⁴C Has a Half- Life of 6000 Years

question 53

Multiple Choice

¹⁴C has a half- life of 6000 years. An ancient corpse is uncovered and found to have 1/32-- one thirty- second-- of the normal amount of ¹⁴C found in the bodies of people now living. How long has the body been dead?

• A) 30,000 years
• B) 24,000 years
• C) 12,000 years
• D) 36,000 years
• E) 6000 years

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