Question #137818
An old human skull was unearthed excavated at ogbomoso and its 14-6C/12-6C ratio was only 0.326 of that in the atmosphere today. How old is the skull, if the half-life of 14-6C is 5700 years
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2020-10-12T07:45:26-0400
N=N02tT0.326=2t5700t=9217 yrN=N_0\cdot 2^{-\frac{t}{T}}\\0.326= 2^{-\frac{t}{5700}}\\t=9217\ yr


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