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  • 12-04-2024
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Carbon-14 is radioactive and has a half-life of 5700 years.
The number of radioactive carbon-14 atoms in a very old piece of wood is found to have decreased from 1 000 000 to 125000.
Determine the age of the piece of wood.

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pookerpooker29
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  • 12-04-2024

Answer:

So, the piece of wood is approximately 17190 years old.

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