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Q.

A piece of wood collected from cro-Magnon caves gave 4 disintegrations / min. A freshly cut wood of the same weight gives 16 d.p.m. The cro-magnon man lived about (Half life of C14 is 5760 years. Assume the activity is due to C14 only)

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a

5700 years ago

b

2900 years ago

c

11520 years ago

d

1400 years ago

answer is C.

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Activity decreases from 16 dpm to 4dpm i.e, decreases by 4 times or 22 times 

so t = 2 half lifes  

so time elapsed 2( 5760 yrs)=11520yrs
 

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