A piece of fossilized wood has a carbon-14 radioactivity that is 1/4 that of new wood. The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. How old is the cloth? O2 x 5730=11,460 years 1x5730 5730 years 3x5730-17,190 years 0.25 x 5730 1432 years

A piece of fossilized wood has a carbon-14 radioactivity that is 1/4 that of new wood. The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. How old is the cloth? O2 x 5730=11,460 years 1x5730 5730 years 3x5730-17,190 years 0.25 x 5730 1432 years

Chemistry

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

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

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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