Multiple Choice
Part of a wooden ancient ship is found to be 1/3 as radioactive as wood freshly cut from a tree. The age of the ship is likely about
A) one-third of carbon-14's half-life.
B) three times carbon-14's half-life.
C) more than three times carbon-14's half-life.
D) none of the above
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