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A piece of a spear handle is found in an archaeological dig in Central America. It contains 31.996 as much 14 C as a tree living today. Based only on the half-life of 14 C, how old is the spear handle? (Assume that t1/2 for 14 C is 5730 yr.) years

A piece of a spear handle is found in an archaeological dig in Central America. It contains 31.996 as much 14 C as a tree living today. Based only on the half-life of 14 C, how old is the spear handle? (Assume that t1/2 for 14 C is 5730 yr.) years

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A piece of a spear handle is found in an archaeological dig in Central America. It contains 31.996 as much 14 C as a tree living today. Based only on the half-life of 14 C, how old is the spear handle? (Assume that t1/2 for 14 C is 5730 yr.) years
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