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Mama L [17]
2 years ago
11

Radioactive isotopes can be used to find the age of rocks, fossils, or other artifacts. Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 years

. Suppose a sample of charcoal from a primitive fire pit contains one eighth of its original amount of carbon-14. How old is the sample?
Physics
1 answer:
bazaltina [42]2 years ago
8 0

Answer:

1/8 = (1/2)^3

This implies the sample has decayed for 3 half lives

3 * 5730 yrs = 17,200 years

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