Categories > Nuclei > Radioactivity > Carbon $ - 14$decays with half-life of about 5,800 years. In a sample of bone, the ratio of carbon $ - 14$to carbon $ - 12$is found to be $\frac{1}{4}$ of what it is in free air. This bone may belong to a period about x centuries ago, where x is nearest to

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Question: Carbon $ - 14$decays with half-life of about 5,800 years. In a sample of bone, the ratio of carbon $ - 14$to carbon $ - 12$is found to be $\frac{1}{4}$ of what it is in free air. This bone may belong to a period about x centuries ago, where x is nearest to


1) $2 \times 58$
2) 58
3) 58/2
4) $3 \times 58$
Solution: Explanation: No Explanation
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