An ancient wood sample is known to be 2500 years old. a. Knowing that the half-life of carbon is 5730 years, calculate the percentage of remaining carbon-14 in the wood sample. b. Explain how the calculation you made in part a could be used to measure the accuracy of radiocarbon dating? When I did the calculation in part a I ended up with 73.90%, but I'm not sure how this helps me answer part b.
An ancient wood sample is known to be 2500 years old. a. Knowing that the half-life of carbon is 5730 years, calculate the percentage of remaining carbon-14 in the wood sample. b. Explain how the calculation you made in part a could be used to measure the accuracy of radiocarbon dating? When I did the calculation in part a I ended up with 73.90%, but I'm not sure how this helps me answer part b.
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An ancient wood sample is known to be 2500 years old.
a. Knowing that the half-life of carbon is 5730 years, calculate the percentage of remaining carbon-14 in the wood sample.
b. Explain how the calculation you made in part a could be used to measure the accuracy of radiocarbon dating?
When I did the calculation in part a I ended up with 73.90%, but I'm not sure how this helps me answer part b.
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