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24 September, 01:19

A spruce tree trunk has been found preserved in glacial till. Samples taken from the trunk have been found to contain approximately 12.5% of Carbon-14. How many half-lives have elapsed since this tree was buried?

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  1. 24 September, 01:30
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    three half-lives

    Explanation:

    Converting 12.5% to decimal gives 0.125

    If one half life is 0.5.

    0.5*0.5*0.5 gives 0.125

    Thus 3-half lives has been elapsed
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