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14C has a half-life of 6000 years. An ancient corpse is uncovered and found to have 1/32--one thirty-second--of the normal amount of 14C found in the bodies of people now living. How long has the body been dead?
 
  A) 24,000 years B) 6000 years C) 12,000 years D) 30,000 years E) 36,000 years

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Where does the chemical reaction known as respiration occur?
 
  A) at many points all over your body
  B) in the lining of your lungs
  C) in the air while it is being held in your lungs
  D) in living plants
  E) in your nose



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Answer to Question 1

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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018
:D TYSM


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Gracias!

 

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