Question

Find the age of the pottery bowl to the nearest year if it was estimated to be created in 950 BCE.

a. 2973 years old
b. 2972 years old
c. 2971 years old
d. 2970 years old

Answer 1

To find the age of the pottery bowl, subtract 950 BCE from the current year to get the number of years.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the age of the pottery bowl, we need to calculate the number of years that have passed since 950 BCE. Since BCE stands for "Before Common Era," we need to subtract 950 from the current year to get the number of years. As an example, if the current year is 2022, we would subtract 950 from 2022 to get 1072 years.

For the given answer choices, the closest one to 1072 would be d. 2970 years old as it is the closest option to the calculated age of 1072 years.