A piece of cloth is discovered in a burial pit in the southwestern United States. A tiny sample of the cloth is burned to CO2, and the ¹4C/¹²C ratio is 0.250 times the ratio in today's atmosphere. How old is the cloth? The half-life of carbon-14, used in radiocarbon dating, is 5,730 years. O 11,500 years O 14,800 years O 12,600 years O 10,300 years

A piece of cloth is discovered in a burial pit in the southwestern United States. A tiny sample of the cloth is burned to CO2, and the ¹4C/¹²C ratio is 0.250 times the ratio in today's atmosphere. How old is the cloth? The half-life of carbon-14, used in radiocarbon dating, is 5,730 years. O 11,500 years O 14,800 years O 12,600 years O 10,300 years

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Publisher:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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