The Carbon-14 Isotope Disintegrates Radioactively with a Half-Life of ______

question 56

Multiple Choice

The carbon-14 isotope disintegrates radioactively with a half-life of ______ years.

• A) 4.5 billion
• B) 710 million
• C) 15 billion
• D) 24,000
• E) 5730

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