You just started a new job and a fellow researcher found a fossil that they believed to be 20,000 years old. You use an isotopic age dating technique with a new carbon atom that has a half life of 2000 years and find that the actual age is 4,000 years. How much of the original parent isotope was left in the fossil? O 3/4 O 1/4 O 1/2 O 1/8

You just started a new job and a fellow researcher found a fossil that they believed to be 20,000 years old. You use an isotopic age dating technique with a new carbon atom that has a half life of 2000 years and find that the actual age is 4,000 years. How much of the original parent isotope was left in the fossil? O 3/4 O 1/4 O 1/2 O 1/8

Chemistry

10th Edition

ISBN:9781305957404

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

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

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ: Define and explain the differences between the following terms. a. law and theory b. theory and...

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