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

question 33

Multiple Choice

A 1-gram sample of wood is taken from an ancient site.If the Carbon-14 activity of the sample is 30.5% that of present-day organic material,what is the age of the wood? (T_1/2 for ¹⁴C is 5 730 years)

• A)3,980 years
• B)6,800 years
• C)5,200 years
• D)9,820 years
• E)​10,920 years

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