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Equipment needed to determine the half-life of carbon-14.

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Buret
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CAlorimeter
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Manometer
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Geiger counter
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Voltmeter
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Solution

The correct option is D Geiger counter
Manometer:
an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale

Calorimeter:
an apparatus for measuring the amount of heat involved in a chemical reaction or other process.

Voltmeter:
Used to measure voltage difference.

Geiger counter:
Geiger counter used to measure the decay rate.
and half-life can be calculated.

So option-D

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