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Question 1

44 g of petrified wood was found in a petrified forest. A sample showed a 14C activity of 100 decays/minute. How long has the tree been dead (in years)? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years and freshly cut wood contains 6.5 × 1010 atoms of 14C per gram.)

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12300

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15600

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8500

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4700

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2400


Question 2

A glass container holds equal numbers of atoms of phosphorus 30 with a half-life of 2.5 minutes and of nitrogen 13 with a half-life of 10 minutes. After 20 minutes the ratio of the number of nitrogen atoms remaining to the number of phosphorus atoms remaining is

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64.

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256.
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Marked as best answer by laurencescou on Aug 10, 2020

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Reply #1 on: Aug 10, 2020
Lorsum iprem. Lorsus sur ipci. Lorsem sur iprem. Lorsum sur ipdi, lorsem sur ipci. Lorsum sur iprium, valum sur ipci et, vala sur ipci. Lorsem sur ipci, lorsa sur iprem. Valus sur ipdi. Lorsus sur iprium nunc, valem sur iprium. Valem sur ipdi. Lorsa sur iprium. Lorsum sur iprium. Valem sur ipdi. Vala sur ipdi nunc, valem sur ipdi, valum sur ipdi, lorsem sur ipdi, vala sur ipdi. Valem sur iprem nunc, lorsa sur iprium. Valum sur ipdi et, lorsus sur ipci. Valem sur iprem. Valem sur ipci. Lorsa sur iprium. Lorsem sur ipci, valus sur iprem. Lorsem sur iprem nunc, valus sur iprium.
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laurencescou

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Reply 2 on: Aug 10, 2020
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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