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In a piece of burned wood, or charcoal, it was found that 85.5% of the C-14 had decayed....

In a piece of burned wood, or charcoal, it was found that 85.5% of the C-14 had decayed. Use the information in Example 3 to determine the approximate age of the wood. (It is precisely these data that archaeologists used to date prehistoric paintings in a cave in Lascaux, France.)

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter 3.2