Question

i need help with this-

Answer 1

my screenshot thing isnt working so ill just paste it

Answer 2

The half-life is the time for one-half of a radioactive sample to change. How long is half-life of carbon-14, in years? Explain how you determine it

Answer 3

Well, from what I know a carbon half-life means after 5,730 years, only half of the carbon is left. in another 5730 years when this happens again, instead of all carbon going away, it takes half of that half.

Answer 4

are there any answer choices?

Answer 5

I didnt have any answer choices, i have to write my answer in those boxes

Answer 6

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Well, from what I know a carbon half-life means after 5,730 years, only half of the carbon is left. in another 5730 years when this happens again, instead of all carbon going away, it takes half of that half.
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Thank you tho!

Answer 7

np. I want to help some more though, since I think there's more you can do to solve it lol.

Answer 8

ohh ok, i do have more question tho- lol

Answer 9

Not mine but here's an example at least lol


"Half life is defined as the time after which half of a sample of a radioactive material will have decayed. In other words, if you start with 1 kg of material with a half life of 1 year, then after 1 year you will have 500g. After another year you will have half of that, or 250 g. After another year, you will have 125 g, and so on."


For carbon it was 5,730.

Answer 10

ohh im staring to understand

Answer 11

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