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An Archaeologist Finds the 14C in a Sample of 3

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An archaeologist finds the 14C in a sample of 3.10 g of material to be decaying at 107 counts per second.A modern 1.00-g sample of the same material decays at 151 counts per second.The half-life of 14C is 5730 years.How old is the sample?


A) 12,200 years
B) 8460 years
C) 25,100 years
D) 12,600 years

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