A group of Tasmanian botanists have claimed that a Kings holly shrub, the only one of its

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A group of Tasmanian botanists have claimed that a King’s holly shrub, the only one of its species in the world, is also the oldest living plant. Using carbon-14 dating of charcoal found along with fossilized leaf fragments, they arrived at an age of 43,000 years for the plant, whose exact location in southwest Tasmania is being kept a secret. What percent of the original carbon-14 in the charcoal was present?

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Calculus With Applications

ISBN: 9780321831101

10th Edition

Authors: Margaret L Lial, Raymond N Greenwell, Nathan P Ritchey

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