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49. Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 years. If a sample contained 80 mg originally, how much
is left after 17,190 years?

50. The half-life of cobalt-60 is 5.26 years. If 100 grams are left after 15.78 years, how many
grams were in the original sample?

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49. In this question (t½) of C-14 is 5730 years, which means that after 5730 years half of the sample would have decayed and half would be left as it is.

After 5730 years ( first half life) 70 /2 = 35 mg decays and 35 g remains left.

After another 5730 years ( two half lives or 11460 years) 35 /2 = 17.5mg decays and 17.5 g remains left .

After another 5730 years ( three half lives or 17190 years) 17.5 /2 = 8.75mg decays and 8.75g remains left.

after three half lives or 17190 years, 8.75 g of C-14 will be left.

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