Radioactive dating using carbon 14 concentration


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The well-preserved remains of a now extinct woolly mammoth is entombed in the permafrost lands of Siberia. Scientists have conducted carbon dating experiments on plant debris found in the stomachs of this mammoth. The C-14 activity of the mammoths was measured at 1.499999999999999 disintegration per minute per gram of carbon. How many years ago did the Siberian mammoth die?

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