A 100-G Sample of Carbon from a Modern Source Gave 15

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Short Answer

A 1.00-g sample of carbon from a modern source gave 15.3 disintegrations per minute.A sample of carbon from a presumably old source gave 920 disintegrations per hour.What is the age of the "old" sample of carbon? The half-life of carbon-14 is 5.73 * 10³ yr.

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Definitions:

Rehearsal Strategy

A cognitive process that involves repeatedly practicing material to aid in memorization and learning.

Pairs of Words

Involves two words grouped together, often for the purpose of analyzing linguistic, psychological, or semantic relations.

Hierarchical Model

An organizational framework that places elements, ideas, or entities in layers or levels of increasing complexity or specificity; often used in understanding knowledge structures and memory.

Collins and Loftus

Psychologists who developed the spreading activation theory of semantic memory, proposing that related concepts in memory are linked and that thinking about one concept can trigger related concepts.