Archeologists can determine the age of organic matter by measuring the proportion of carbon-14 present in a sample. Assuming that carbon-14 has a half- life...

      

Archeologists can determine the age of organic matter by measuring the proportion of carbon-14 present in a sample. Assuming that carbon-14 has a half- life of 5600 years, calculate the age of a piece of wood found to contain Q314820192013.png as much carbon-14 as in a living material.

  

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Maurice
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Age = 5600 × 3 = 16800 years.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 14, 2019 at 11:12


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