Multiple choice

Half life period of C-14 is

  1. 5730 years

  2. 15240 years

  3. 8190 years

  4. 8208 years
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Explanation

The radioactive decay of carbon-14 is exponential with half-life of 5,730 years. A quantity of carbon-14 will decay to half of its original amount (on average) after 5,730 years, regardless of how big or small the original quantity was. 

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