Compute the age of the charcoal

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A piece of charcoal used for cooking is found at the remains of anancient campsite. A 1.10 kgsample of carbon from the wood has an activity of 2.20 x 103 decays per minute. Find the age of the charcoal. [Hint: Living material has anactivity of 15.0 decays/minute per gram of carbon present.]

Reference no: EM13655448

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