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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Carbon-14 has a half-life of approximately 5,730 years. How many half-lives have occurred in a sample that contains 25 percent of the original amount of the parent isotope?

OpenStudy (stephstar101):

2 half lives would have occurred in a sample with 25% of the original amount.

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