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The radioactive element carbon-14 has a half-life of 5750 years. A scientist determined that the bones from a mastodon had lost 50.5%
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The radioactive element carbon-14 has a half-life of 5750 years. A scientist determined that the bones from a mastodon had lost 50.5%
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The radioactive element carbon-14 has a half-life of 5750 years. A scientist determined that the bones from a mastodon had lost 50.5% of their carbon-14. How old were the bones at the time they were discovered? Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source):
Since 50.5% of the radioactive C14 left, it means that, with the good precision, the age of the bones was
about half-life time, i.e. about 5750 years, when the measuring was made.
