Question

Carbon has a half life of 5730 years, how many years would it take a 4 g sample to

decay to .5 g

Answer 1

17190

Step-by-step explanation:

half of 4 is 2 and half of 2 is 1 and half of 1 is .5 so you have now gone through 3 total half lives. Mulitply 5730 and 3.