SOLUTION: A fossilized leaf contains 29% of its normal amount of carbon-14. How old is the fossil (to the nearest year). Use the following formula.
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Question 852102: A fossilized leaf contains 29% of its normal amount of carbon-14. How old is the fossil (to the nearest year). Use the following formula.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
|no formula followed: assume k = .00012 for C-14
ln(.29)/(-.00012) = t
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