31.5 Exercise 10

Data from the appendices and the periodic table may be needed for these problems.

An old campfire is uncovered during an archaeological dig. Its charcoal is found to contain less than 1/1000 the normal amount of $^{\text{14}} \text{C}$. Estimate the minimum age of the charcoal, noting that $2^{\text{10}} = \text{1024}$.