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31.5 Exercise 20

Avg difficulty 2.5

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

A tree falls in a forest. How many years must pass before the 14C^{\text{14}} \text{C} activity in 1.00 g of the tree’s carbon drops to 1.00 decay per hour?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 31.5 Half-Life and Activity, exercise 20

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