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7 January, 13:55

Which statement describes why radiocarbon dating has a upward limit of 50,000 years

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  1. 7 January, 14:22
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    Because The half-life of carbon-14 is around 5,700 years. So, by measuring the half-live of the sample, we could predict how old the sample actually is.

    After 50,000 years there is probably less than 1% of the original C-14 left which make it much more accurate to measure, so, the upward limit is put on 50,000 years.
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