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Estimate the age of an artifact that has 73% of the amount of c-14 (relative to c-12) compared to living organisms. The half life of C-14 is 5730 years. Remember that all radioactive processes follow first order kinetics.

A) 1500 years
b) 2000 years
c) 2600 years
d) 3200 years

User Arjun Kori
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B.2000 years should be the estimated age of an artifact .
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