Chapter 29, Problem 41P

(a)

To determine

The time required by carbon $-14$ $\left(\text{C}\right)$ to get reduced to $\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)$ of its initial quantity.

(b)

To determine

The time required by carbon $-14$ $\left(\text{C}\right)$ to get reduced to $\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)$ of its initial quantity.

(c)

To determine

The time required by carbon $-14$ $\left(\text{C}\right)$ to get reduced to $\left(\frac{1}{8}\right)$ of its initial quantity.

(d)

To determine

The fraction of carbon $-14$ $\left(\text{C}\right)$ remaining after $60,000\text{years}$, after a tree was uprooted and burned the same number of years ago.