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?
1 answer:
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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