Answer: 2948
Explanation:
Half life is the amount of time taken by a radioactive material to decay to half of its original value.
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
a - x = amount left after decay process =
Thus the fossil is 2948 years old.