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madam [21]
3 years ago
8

The C-14 decay is used to estimate the age of an old dead tree. The activity of C-14 in the dead tree is determined to have fall

en to 21% of its original value. C-14 has a half-life of 5700 years. Calculate, in years, the age of the dead tree.
I used the relevant formula but somehow my answer does not match with the markscheme. Can you help me?
Physics
1 answer:
meriva3 years ago
7 0
From the calculations i did, its 1197. Is that the one you got?
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