Carbon-14 decays by beta emission with a half life of 5730


Carbon-14 decays by beta emission with a half life of 5,730 years. Assuming a particular object originally contained 6.5 micro grams of C-14 and now contains 0.76 micro grams of C-14, how old is the object?

a. 27,300 years

b. 18,000 years

c. 12,666 years

d. 10,992 years

e. 22,664 years

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Chemistry: Carbon-14 decays by beta emission with a half life of 5730
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