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Author: James S. Walker

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Chapter 32, Problem 29PCE

Suppose we were to discover that the ratio of carbon-14 to carbon-12 in the atmosphere was significantly smaller 10,000 years ago than it is today. How would this affect the ages we have assigned to objects on the basis of carbon-14 dating? In particular, would the true age of an object be greater than or less than the age we had previously assigned to it? Explain.

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