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Chapter 17, Problem 30E
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Interpretation:

The accuracy of the carbon14(or radiocarbon) dating and the reason why carbon-14 is not dependablefor determining the age of objects older than 50000 years is to be explained.

Concept introduction:

In the environment, the natural radioactivity of carbon-14 is used to estimate the age of the artifacts and the fossils by the geologists, anthropologists, and the archaeologists and this technique is called radiocarbon dating.

The carbon incorporation stops when an organism dies.

At the time of death, the carbonpresentdecays with a half-life of 5730 years.

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