Answer: A 12.0-g sample of carbon from living matter

Chapter 43, Problem 43.23

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A 12.0-g sample of carbon from living matter decays at the rate of 184 decays>minute due to the radioactive 14C in it. What will be the decay rate of this sample in (a) 1000 years and (b) 50,000 years?

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