Question

College Algebra Half Life Problem

Recently, while digging in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, archaeologists found corn pollen that was 4000 years old. This was evidence that Native Americans had been cultivating crops in the Southwest centuries earlier than scientists had thought.

What percent of the carbon-14 had been lost from the pollen?

(half-life of carbon-14 = 5730)

Answer 1

I think the correct answer is 56%