Answer:
17190 years.
Step-by-step explanation:
The half-life of carbon-14 is
5730 years.
Therefore, after1 half-life there is 50%=12 of the original amount left.2half-lives there is 25%=14of the original amount left.3 half-lives there is 12.5%=18 of the original amount left.
1−78=18
So, your answer would be the time it takes for carbon-14 to elapse 3 half-lives.
5730⋅3=17190
