Use this paragraph: The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,700 years. A certain sample of woud has 20 grams of carbon-14 when it is alive.

Question

How many grams of carbon will it have after 5,700 years?
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O 2 grams
O 40 grams
O 5 grams
O 10 grams

Answer 1

The correct answer is 10 grams. The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,700 years, which means that after 5,700 years, half of the original amount of carbon-14 will decay. Therefore, the sample of wood will have 10 grams of carbon-14 remaining after 5,700 years.