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An uncovered human skeleton is discovered to have only 1/15 of the original amount of carbon 14 for a human. How long has the person been dead? (Recall that the half-life of carbon 14 is 5568 year. Round
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An uncovered human skeleton is discovered to have only 1/15 of the original amount of carbon 14 for a human. How long has the person been dead?

(Recall that the half-life of carbon 14 is 5568 year. Round to the nearest year)

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This human has been dead for 85,950 years.
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