The Half-Life of Carbon 14 Is 5730 Years

question 38

Multiple Choice

The half-life of carbon 14 is 5730 years. If a 1-gram sample of old carbon is 1/8 as radioactive as 1-gram of a current sample, then the age of the old sample is about

• A)716 years.
• B)11,500 years.
• C)17,200 years.
• D)22,900 years.
• E)46,000 years.

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Ego State

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