Multiple Choice
A piece of cloth is dated using carbon-14.The cloth is determined to be 1400 years old.The half-life of C-14 is 5730 years.The C-14 radioactivity in the cloth will be ________ the radioactivity in a new cloth.
A) greater than
B) the same as
C) less than
D) Radioactivity cannot be predicted from the above information.
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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