An ancient skull has a carbon-14 decay rate of 0.90 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon (0.90 dis/minâ gC ).
(Assume that living organisms have a carbon-14 decay rate of 15.3 dis/minâ gC and that carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 yr.)

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An ancient skull has a carbon-14 decay rate of 0.90 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon (0.90 dis/minâ gC ).
(Assume that living organisms have a carbon-14 decay rate of 15.3 dis/minâ gC and that carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 yr.)

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An ancient skull has a carbon-14 decay rate of 0.90 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon (0.90 dis/minâ gC ). (Assume that living organisms have a carbon-14 decay rate of 15.3 dis/minâ gC and that carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 yr.)

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An ancient skull has a carbon-14 decay rate of 0.90 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon (0.90 dis/minâ gC ).
(Assume that living organisms have a carbon-14 decay rate of 15.3 dis/minâ gC and that carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 yr.)