Carbon-14 dating is useful for estimating the age of samples generally no older than about 50,000 years. The older the object, the harder it is to accurately determine the age. Other techniques must be used to estimate ages much greater than 50,000 years. Living organisms (and materials made of recently deceased living organisms) contain a large amount of Carbon-14. After the organism dies, its Carbon-14 slowly decays. Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 years. **Estimate** the age of an object with a carbon-14 activity of 4.61% of a current living organism.Think about how you could make a reasonable quick estimation using what you know about half-life.

Carbon-14 dating is useful for estimating the age of samples generally no older than about 50,000 years. The older the object, the harder it is to accurately determine the age. Other techniques must be used to estimate ages much greater than 50,000 years. Living organisms (and materials made of recently deceased living organisms) contain a large amount of Carbon-14. After the organism dies, its Carbon-14 slowly decays. Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 years. Estimate the age of an object with a carbon-14 activity of 4.61% of a current living organism.Think about how you could make a reasonable quick estimation using what you know about half-life.

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