Use the exponential decay model for carbon-14, A = A0e -0.000121t , to solve Exercises 1920. Skeletons

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Use the exponential decay model for carbon-14, A = A0e-0.000121t, to solve Exercises 19–20.

Skeletons were found at a construction site in San Francisco in 1989. The skeletons contained 88% of the expected amount of carbon-14 found in a living person. In 1989, how old were the skeletons?

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College Algebra

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7th Edition

Authors: Robert F Blitzer

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