Answer: 1145.8 years
Explanation:
Half-life of carbon-14 = 5720 years
First we have to calculate the rate constant, we use the formula :
Now we have to calculate the age of the sample:
Expression for rate law for first order kinetics is given by:
where,
k = rate constant =
t = age of sample = ?
a = let initial amount of the reactant = 100 g
x = amount decayed = 75 g
a - x = amount left after decay process = 100 - 75 = 25g
Now put all the given values in above equation, we get
