¹⁴C Has a Half- Life of 6000 Years

Multiple Choice

¹⁴C has a half- life of 6000 years. An ancient corpse is uncovered and found to have 1/32-- one thirty- second-- of the normal amount of ¹⁴C found in the bodies of people now living. How long has the body been dead?

A) 30,000 years
B) 24,000 years
C) 12,000 years
D) 36,000 years
E) 6000 years