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deff fn [24]
4 years ago
6

a hiker in africa discovers a skull that contains 51% of its original amount of C-14. Find the of the scull to the nearest year

Mathematics
2 answers:
Kruka [31]4 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Actually it's 3285 for people on Plato.

Step-by-step explanation:

72%=100e^-.0001*t

Plug it into calculator.

you get 3285.04066972

Rounded that's 3285 years. Hope this helps?

Llana [10]4 years ago
6 0
We can calculate the age by using the formula: final amount=initial amount*(1/2)^(time/half-life), or t=ln(final amount/initial amount)/(-0.693)*half-life. The half life of C-14 is 5730 years, and final amount=initial amount is 51% or 0.51, so t=ln(0.51)/(-0.693)*5730=5567 years approximately.
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