Solve the Problem. -A Carbon-14 Dating Test Is Performed on a Fossil Bone

question 48

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-A carbon-14 dating test is performed on a fossil bone, and analysis finds that 15.5% of the original amount of carbon-14 is still present in the bone. Estimate the age of the fossil bone. (Recall that carbon-14 decays
According to the equation ) ) .

• A) 1,500 years
• B) 15, 000 years
• C) 15,035 years
• D) 150 years

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