Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 32 - Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Radiation - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1152: 27

Answer

Less than

Work Step by Step

We know that if the ratio of carbon-14 to carbon-12 is smaller 10,000 years ago, then the initial amount of carbon-14 would be smaller and thus the age of the object measured will be less than its actual age.
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