SOLUTION: If a bome contains 94% of its original carbon-14, how old is the bome? (Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 years.)
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Question 1100964: If a bome contains 94% of its original carbon-14, how old is the bome? (Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 years.)
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since the half life is 5730 years, the fraction of the original amount remaining after t years is
If 94% remains,
The bone is about 511 years old.
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