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What is the age of a fossil that contains 1/4 of the amount of carbon-14 found in living organisms?

What is the age of a fossil that contains 1/4 of the amount of carbon-14 found in-example-1
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Carbon-14 is a half life is 5730. One quarter of the isotope will remain in half of its life. The fossil of the isotope will remain half of its life (5730). The age of carbon-14 is 5730 because the fossil will remain only half of its life. The age of the organism is 11460 years.

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