A Cloth Fragment Is Found in an Ancient Tomb $\quad 10,600$

question 50

Multiple Choice

A cloth fragment is found in an ancient tomb.It contains 63% of the carbon-14 (half-life is 5700 years) that it is assumed to have had initially.How old is the cloth?

• A) \(\quad 10,600\) years
• B) \(\quad 8,200\) years
• C) \(\quad 9,000\) years
• D) \(\quad 8,600\) years
• E) none of these

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