Chapter 20, Problem 4PE

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The percentage of carbon $\text{-14}$ remaining in a $1.7\times {10}^4$ years old sample is to be predicted.

Concept introduction:

Half-life is defined as the time required for the number of nuclides to reach half of the original value. The remaining mass of a sample is calculated by the formula shown below.

$\text{R}=\text{S}\times {\left(\text{1}/\text{2}\right)}^{\text{n}}$