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17 March, 16:46

Testing shows that a sample of wood from an artifact contains 25% of the

original amount of carbon-14. Given that the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730

years, how old is the artifact?

OA. 5730 years

OB. 22,920 years

OC. 17,190 years

OD. 11,460 years

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  1. 17 March, 19:09
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    The artifact is 11,460 years old.

    Explanation:

    Given that,

    The half life of the carbon-14 is 5730 years and we are left with 255 of the sample of wood from an arti-fact.

    So it takes 5730 years for the sample to reduce into half

    Initially there will be 100% of the sample so

    after first 5730 years, the sample reduces into 50% percent

    Now the left 50% sample will take another 5730 years to decay into half of its amount.

    after next 5730 years the sample reduces into 25% percent

    So totally after 2 half-life the sample reduces into 25%

    That is (5730 + 5730) years = 11460 years
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