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Posted by Monique on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 11:42am.

A wooden boat discovered just south of the Great Pyramid in Egypt had a carbon - 14 content of approximately 50% of that found in living organisms. How old is the boat?

chemistry - DrBob222, Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 12:55pm
If half of it has decayed, then it has gone though one half life. What is the half life of C-14?
chemistry - me, Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 9:11pm
4132.23

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