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A researcher estimates that a fossil is 3200 years old. Using carbon-14 dating, a procedure used to determine the age of an object, the researcher discovers that the fossil is 3600 years old.

Find the percent error

What other estimate gives the same percent error

1 Answer

9 votes

Answer:

11.1%

Explanation:

% error = [(3600-3200)/3600] * 100

= 11.1%

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