Carbon Dating Presumes That, as Long as a Plant or Animal

question 36

Multiple Choice

Carbon dating presumes that, as long as a plant or animal is alive, the proportion of its carbon that is ¹⁴C is constant. The amount of ¹⁴C in an object made from harvested plants, like paper, will decline exponentially according to the equation , where A represents the amount of ¹⁴C in the object, A_o represents the amount of ¹⁴C in living organisms, and t is the time in years since the plant was harvested. If an archeological artifact has 25% as much ¹⁴C as a living organism, how old would you predict it to be? Round to the nearest year.

• A)26,536 years
• B)5715 years
• C)11,429 years
• D)13,967 years
• E)107 years

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