Determine the age of a fossil if it had only one eight of its original carbon - 14 content remain

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Abdullah

7 October, 22:29

Determine the age of a fossil if it had only one eight of its original carbon - 14 content remain

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Simone Conrad · Answer 1

Okay, here goes.

Since it has 1/8 that means it has gone around though 3 half-life cycles.

To find that we have to know that the half life of Carbon-14 is 5,730 years, we multiply that by three and we have 16,190 years. That's the age of the fossil.