Multiple Choice
If Carbon-14,a beta emitter with a half-life of 5730 years,makes up one out of 1012 Carbon atoms in nature,how many decays per second are there in a 15 kg bag of charcoal (taken to be 100% carbon) ?
A) 1720
B) 2010
C) 2480
D) 2890
E) None are correct.
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