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

question 63

Multiple Choice

A 1-gram sample of wood is taken from an ancient site.If the Carbon-14 activity of the sample is 19.0% that of present-day organic material,what is the age of the wood? (T_1/2 for ¹⁴C is 5 730 years)

• A) 4640 years
• B) 9,520 years
• C) 5520 years
• D) 13,730 years
• E) ​18,850 years

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