Multiple Choice
The half-life of carbon-14 is about 6000 years. If the amount of carbon-14 remaining in a sample is 1/100 of the original amount, the atoms of the sample began decaying about
A) 20,000 years earlier.
B) 40,000 years earlier.
C) 60,000 years earlier.
D) 80,000 years earlier.
Correct Answer:
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