An Archaeologist Discovers a Fossil with a Carbon-14 Activity of 7.5

question 51

Multiple Choice

An archaeologist discovers a fossil with a carbon-14 activity of 7.5 dpm per gram of carbon.If carbon-14 has an activity of 15.3 dpm,what is the estimated age of the fossil? (t1/2 = 5730 years)

• A)~1400 years
• B)~2900 years
• C)~5700 years
• D)~11,000 years
• E)~17,000 years

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