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Carbon Dating Determines the Approximate Age of an Object Made A=lnP0.000121A = - \frac { \ln P } { 0.000121 }

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Carbon dating determines the approximate age of an object made from materials that wereonce alive by measuring the remaining percentage of a radioactive isotope, carbon-14. The age is calculated Using the formula A=lnP0.000121A = - \frac { \ln P } { 0.000121 } where P is the percentage of remaining carbon-14 (in decimal form) . A specimen is determined to Be 3800 years old. What is the percentage of remaining carbon-14? Round to the nearest tenth of a Percent.


A) 23.1%
B) 43.1%
C) 76.1%
D) 63.1%

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