A piece of charcoal from a tree killed by the volcanic eruption that formed the crater in Crater Lake (in Oregon) gave 7.65 disintegrations of carbon-14 nuclei per minute per gram of total carbon. Present-day carbon (in living matter) gives 15.3 disintegrations per minute per gram of total carbon. Determine the date of the volcanic eruption. Recall that the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years.
A piece of charcoal from a tree killed by the volcanic eruption that formed the crater in Crater Lake (in Oregon) gave 7.65 disintegrations of carbon-14 nuclei per minute per gram of total carbon. Present-day carbon (in living matter) gives 15.3 disintegrations per minute per gram of total carbon. Determine the date of the volcanic eruption. Recall that the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years.
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Transcribed Image Text:A piece of charcoal from a tree killed by the volcanic eruption that formed the
crater in Crater Lake (in Oregon) gave 7.65 disintegrations of carbon-14 nuclei per
minute per gram of total carbon. Present-day carbon (in living matter) gives 15.3
disintegrations per minute per gram of total carbon. Determine the date of the
volcanic eruption. Recall that the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years.
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