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An archeologist finds an artifact that contains 44% of the carbon-14 that it would have had originally. What is the estimated age of the artifact? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,730 years.)
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An archeologist finds an artifact that contains 44% of the carbon-14 that it would have had originally. What is the estimated age of the artifact? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,730 years.)

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the answer is that the carbon-14 is approximately 2600 years old

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