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-A Fossilized Leaf Contains $39 \%$ Of Its Normal Amount of Carbon 14

question 167

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-A fossilized leaf contains $39 \%$ of its normal amount of carbon 14 . How old is the fossil (to the nearest year) ? Use 5600 years as the half-life of carbon 14 .

• A) 7594
• B) 29,545
• C) 3986
• D) 33,152

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