carbon dating may be used to date (once living) materials that are between 100 and 40,000 years old. what percentage of carbon-14 remains in a sample after 1.99 x 104 years? the half-life of the first-order decay of carbon-14 is 5730 years.



Answer :

The percentage of carbon-14 that will remain in a sample after 1.99 x 10⁴ years is 9.01%.

Half-life is defined as the time it will took a substance to reduce to half of its initial amount. The half-life of a substance is determined with respect to the rate of the reaction. It can be calculated using the formula below.

N(t) = N₀(1/2)^(t/T)

where N(t) = amount of substance remaining after time t

N₀ = initial amount of substance

t = time = 1.99 x 10⁴ years

T = half-life = 5730 years

Plug in the given values to the equation.

N(t) = N₀(1/2)^(t/T)

N(t) = N₀(1/2)^(1.99 x 10⁴ years/5730 years)

N(t) = N₀(0.09006)

Hence, the percentage that will remain is 9.01%.

N(t) / N₀ = 0.09006

N(t) / N₀ = 9.01%

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