Living organisms contain a certain amount of carbon-14. After death, this amount decays according to the equation

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Living organisms contain a certain amount of carbon-14. After death, this amount decays according to the equation in Exercise 69 (this is used in carbon-14 dating). What percentage of an organism’s carbon-14 is still present 2580 years after death?


Data from In Exercises 69

Carbon-14 has a half-life of approximately 5730 years. If A0 is the original amount present, then the amount present after t years is given by A(t) =  A02−t/5730 , If 55.0 mg is present initially, how much is present after 3250 years?

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Basic Technical Mathematics

ISBN: 9780137529896

12th Edition

Authors: Allyn J. Washington, Richard Evans

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