The half-life of 14C is 5,730 yr.Assuming some charcoal from a campfire 29,000 years old was found, what fraction of the original C-14 would remain today?
A) 3.0 × 10-2
B) 0.197
C) 3.51
D) 33.3
E) None of these.
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