QUESTION 13 A tiny piece of paper taken from the Dead Sea Scrolls, believed to date back to the first century A.D., was found to have an activity per gram of carbon of 12.1 atoms/min. Taking A, to be 15.3 atoms/min, estimate the age of the scrolls. 1,980 years 1,900 years 1,940 years O 2,000 years

QUESTION 13 A tiny piece of paper taken from the Dead Sea Scrolls, believed to date back to the first century A.D., was found to have an activity per gram of carbon of 12.1 atoms/min. Taking A, to be 15.3 atoms/min, estimate the age of the scrolls. 1,980 years 1,900 years 1,940 years O 2,000 years

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