Question

Use this paragraph: The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,700 years. A certain sample of wood has 20 grams of carbon-14 when it is alive. How many grams of carbon will it have after 5,700 years? (1 point) Responses 40 grams 40 grams 5 grams 5 grams 2 grams 2 grams 10 grams

Answer 1

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The answer is 10 grams. After 5,700 years, half of the original amount of carbon-14 in the wood will have decayed, leaving 10 grams remaining.