A wooden relic was placed in the ground around 1800 BCE. Carbon-14 has been decaying ever since the wood to create the relic was harvested. The t1/2 of 14C is 5720 years. What percent of 14C remains in the relic?

A wooden relic was placed in the ground around 1800 BCE. Carbon-14 has been decaying ever since the wood to create the relic was harvested. The t1/2 of 14C is 5720 years. What percent of 14C remains in the relic?

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A wooden relic was placed in the ground
around 1800 BCE. Carbon-14 has been
decaying ever since the wood to create the
relic was harvested. The t1/2 of 14C is 5720
years. What percent of 14C remains in the
relic?

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