Chapter 8: Problem 60
Carbon- 14 , which is present in all living tissue, radioactively decays via a first order process. A one-gram sample of wood taken from a living tree gives a rate for carbon- 14 decay of \(13.6\) counts per. If the half-life for carbon-14 is 5720 years. How old is a wood sample that gives a rate for carbon-14 decay of \(3.9\) counts per minute? a. \(1.0 \times 10^{4}\) years b. \(2.1 \times 10^{3}\) years c. \(5.4 \times 10^{3}\) years d. \(3.0 \times 10^{4}\) years
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