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An artifact has a carbon-14 to carbon-12 ratio that is one-fourth the carbon-14 to carbon-12 ratio of a similar modern object. How old is the artifact? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,715 years.)
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DrBob222

See your post above on the wood. This is the same kind of problem.
12 years ago

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