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Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 years. How much of a 25 gram sample is left after 11,000 years?

Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 years. How much of a 25 gram sample is left after 11,000 years?
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Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 years. How much of a 25 gram sample is left after 11,000 years?

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n: 11000/5730 = 1.91 half lives
X= 25 x (1/2)^1.91
X≈6.6 grams of C-14 remained
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