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.

Question

How many grams of carbon will it have after 5,700 years?

(1 point)
Responses

5 grams
5 grams

2 grams
2 grams

10 grams
10 grams

40 grams

Answer 1

The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,700 years, which means that after 5,700 years, half of the original amount of carbon-14 will remain.

Starting with 20 grams of carbon-14, after 5,700 years it will have:

20 grams / 2 = 10 grams

Therefore, the correct response is:

10 grams