Carbon-14 Measurements on the Linen Wrappings from the Book of Isaiah

question 151

Multiple Choice

Carbon-14 measurements on the linen wrappings from the Book of Isaiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls indicated that the scrolls contained 79.5% of the carbon-14 found in living tissue.At the time they were analyzed, approximately how old were these scrolls? The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years.)

• A)5.73 *10² years
• B)8.20 *10² years
• C)1.31 *10³ years
• D)1.90 * 10³ years
• E)4.56 *10³ years

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