The half-life of the carbon 14 isotope is 5730 years. If there were 4 billion atoms of C-14 in a particular organism at the time it died, how many atoms of C-14 would there be in the remains of that organism 11,460 years after it died?

A. 4 billion
B. 2 billion
C. 1 billion
D. 8 billion
E. 3 billion


Answer: C

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