The Half Life of Carbon 14 Is 5730 Years

question 96

Multiple Choice

The half life of carbon 14 is 5730 years. If a 1-gram sample of old carbon is 1/8 as radioactive as 1-gram of a current sample, then the age of the old sample is about

• A) 11,500 years.
• B) 46,000 years.
• C) 716 years.
• D) 17,200 years.
• E) 22,900 years.

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