Archaeology: carbon-14 dating. The radioactive carbon-14 (14C) in an organism at the time of its death decays
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A = A0e-0.000124t
where t is time in years and A0 is the amount of 14C present at time i = 0.Estimate the age of a skull uncovered in an archaeological site if 10% of original amount of 14C is still present.[find t such that A = 0.1A0.]
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College Mathematics for Business Economics Life Sciences and Social Sciences
ISBN: 978-0321614001
12th edition
Authors: Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler, Karl E. Byleen
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