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Juli2301 [7.4K]
3 years ago
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Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 years. In a plant fossil, you find that the 14C has decayed to 1/8.00 of the original amount.

How long ago was this plant alive?.
Mathematics
1 answer:
drek231 [11]3 years ago
7 0
Note that 8.00 = (2.00)^3, that implies that a decay to 1/8.00 means that the Carbon-14 has passed 3 half-life. (1 to decay to 1/2, other to decay to 1/4, and other to decay to 1/8). And, three half-life is 3 * 5730 years = 17,920 years. So,<span> the answer is that the plant was alive 17,920 years.</span>
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