Use this paragraph: The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,700 years. A certain sample of wood has 20 grams of carbon-14 when it is alive

How many grams of carbon will it have after 5,700 years?
(1 point)
• 10 grams
• 40 grams
• 2 grams
• 5 grams

1 answer

After 5,700 years, which is one half-life of carbon-14, the amount of carbon-14 in the sample will be reduced by half. Since the sample starts with 20 grams of carbon-14, after 5,700 years it will have:

20 grams / 2 = 10 grams

Thus, the answer is 10 grams.