A 1-Gram Sample of Wood Is Taken from an Ancient

question 65

Multiple Choice

A 1-gram sample of wood is taken from an ancient site.If the Carbon-14 activity of the sample is 12.5% that of present-day organic material,what is the age of the wood? (T_1/2 for ¹⁴C is 5 730 years)

• A)4 460 years
• B)8 600 years
• C)13 150 years
• D)17 200 years

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