The age of a piece of wood from an archeological site is to be determined using the carbon-14 method. the activity of the sample is measured to be 0.596 times the carbon-14 activity of living plants. what is the age of the sample in years? (the half-life of the carbon-14 isotope is 5730 years.)

4276.98 years

Explanation:

t = age of the sample in numbers of years

T = half life of the carbon-14 isotope = 5730 yrs

λ = decay constant of carbon-14

decay constant is given as

A₀ = activity of Carbon-14 in living plants

A  = activity of Carbon-14 after time "t" = (0.596) A₀

Using the equation

t = 4276.98 years

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