Ap(0.57% The amount of a radioactive substance remaining as it decays over time is
A =
2, where A represents the final amount,
Ap
represents
the original amount, trepresents the number of years, and h represents the half-life of the substance.
Carbon-14 is a radioactive isotope that has a half-life of 5,730 years. Approximately how many years will it take for carbon-14 to decay to
10 percent of its original amount?
Ο Α.
16,396 years
ОВ.
28,650 years
ОС.
19,035 years
OD
8,267 years