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Estimate the age of a bottled wine that has a tritium,3H,content 60% that of freshly bottled wine.Tritium decays by beta decay and has a half-life of 12.3 yr. Estimate the age of a bottled wine that has a tritium,<sup>3</sup>H,content 60% that of freshly bottled wine.Tritium decays by beta decay and has a half-life of 12.3 yr.   A) 0.029 yr B) 7.4 yr C) 9.1 yr D) 16 yr E) 35 yr


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