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  • 06-03-2017
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a fossil contains 1/16 of the carbon-14 it began with. how old is the fossil?

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madlizze
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  • 06-03-2017
It has gone through four half-lives of carbon-14 (5730 years x 4 = 22920 years)

It is 22920 years old. 

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