Chapter 21, Problem 21.47QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The figure representing a carved mammoth tusk that was uncovered at an ancient campsite in the Ural Mountains in $2001$ and the percentage of ratio of ${}^{14}\text{C}$ and ${}^{12}\text{C}$ in mammoth tusk to that of modern tusk is given. The age of mammoth tusk is to be calculated.

Concept introduction: The time taken by any species to get reduced to half of its original concentration is called half-life of that species.

To determine: The age of mammoth tusk.