Carbon-14 is used in radiocarbon dating. The half-life of carbon-14 is 5.73*10^3 years. How many milligrams of a 85.1 milligram sample of carbon-14 will be lost by radioactive decay during 2.87*10^4 years? __________mg

Carbon-14 is used in radiocarbon dating. The half-life of carbon-14 is 5.7310^3 years. How many milligrams of a 85.1 milligram sample of carbon-14 will be lost by radioactive decay during 2.8710^4 years? __________mg

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The half-life of carbon-14 is 5.73*10^3 years. How many milligrams of a 85.1 milligram sample of carbon-14 will be lost by radioactive decay during 2.87*10^4 years?

__________mg

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