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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