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An artifact is discovered at a certain site. if it has 59% of the carbon-14 it originally contained, what is the approximate age

of the artifact to the nearest year? (carbon-14 decays at the rate of 0.0125% annually.)\

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Lapatulllka [165]3 years ago

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0.59 = (1 - 0.000125)^^x where x = number of years of decay

ln 0.59 = x ln(0.999875)

x = 4221 to nearest year

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