Carbon-11 decays at a rate of 3.5% per minute. Assume that 100% is present at time 0
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a. What percentage remains after 1 min?
b. Write the equation that expresses the percentage of carbon-11 remaining as a function of time.
c. What is the half-life of carbon-11?
d. Explain why carbon-11 is not used for dating archaeological finds?
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