Suppose a rock sample was taken from a fossil; the model has 1000 atoms of carbon-14 and 1000 atoms of nitrogen. If carbon-14 has a half-life of 5700, how old is the fossil

Suppose a rock sample was taken from a fossil; the model has 1000 atoms of carbon-14 and 1000 atoms of nitrogen. If carbon-14 has a half-life of 5700, how old is the fossil

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