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Mathematics, 03.12.2020 23:00 lauryngrace37

A researcher estimates that a fossil is 3200 years old. Using carbon-14 dating, a procedure used to determine the age of an object, the researcher discovers that the fossil is 3600 years old.

a. Find the percent error.

-11.1%
-12.5%
-88.8%
-112.5%

b. What other estimate gives the same percent error?

Explain your reasoning.

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