Multiple Choice
A living tree contains 14C (half-life,5730 years) and has a specific activity of 750 counts per hour.A wooden artifact recovered from an archeological site gives a count of 210 counts per hour.The age of this artifact is most nearly
A) 47,000 years.
B) 4,500 years.
C) 10,000 years.
D) 22,000 years.
E) 5730 years.
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