a bone containing 30g of carbon emits beta-particles from carbon-14 at 5 decay/sec if the decay for the carbon-14 is 16 Beq/mol, find the age of the bone. carbon-14 has a lifetime of 8268 years.

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a bone containing 30g of carbon emits beta-particles from carbon-14 at 5 decay/sec

if the decay for the carbon-14 is 16 Beq/mol, find the age of the bone.

carbon-14 has a lifetime of 8268 years.

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