An artifact has a carbon-14 decay rate of 8.55

Chapter 19, Problem 7SAQ

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An artifact has a carbon-14 decay rate of 8.55 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon (8.55 dis/min  g C). Living organisms have carbon-14 decay rate of 15.3 dis/min  g C. How old is the artifact? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 yr.)

a) 4.81 x 103 yr                         b) 2.10 x 103 yr

c) 3.20 x 103 yr                         d) 1.21 x 10-4 yr

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