Question

Testing shows that a sample of wood from an artifact contains 25% of the

original amount of carbon-14. Given that the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730
years, how old is the artifact?
OA. 5730 years
OB. 22,920 years
OC. 17,190 years
OD. 11,460 years

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The artifact is 11,460 years old.

Explanation:

Given that,

The half life of the carbon-14 is 5730 years and we are left with 255 of the sample of wood from an arti-fact.

So it takes 5730 years for the sample to reduce into half

Initially there will be 100% of the sample so

after first 5730 years, the sample reduces into 50% percent

Now the left 50% sample will take another 5730 years to decay into half of its amount.

after next 5730 years the sample reduces into 25% percent

So totally after 2 half-life the sample reduces into 25%

That is (5730 +5730) years = 11460 years