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To Calculate:
To calculate the age of a sample charcoal in which
Answer to Problem 55RE
The age of the sample charcoal is about
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
In a sample charcoal
Formula:
Half-life formula
It is given that
Now we use the Half-life formula
So, let
Carbon-14 has a half-life of
Substitute these values into the half life formula and solve for
(Or)
Therefore, the age of the sample charcoal is about
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