Answer:
The person has been dead for approximately 15,300 years
Explanation:
<u>Available data</u>:
- The half-life of carbon 14 is 5,600 years
- The human skeleton level of carbon 14 is 15% that of a living human
To answer this question we can make use of the following equation
Ln (C14T₁/C14 T₀) = - λ T₁
Where,
- C14 T₀ ⇒ Amount of carbon in a living body at time 0 = 100%
- C14T₁ ⇒ Amount of carbon in the dead body at time 1 = 15%
- λ ⇒ radioactive decay constant = (Ln2)/T₀,₅
- T₀,₅ ⇒ The half-life of carbon 14 = 5600 years
- T₀ = 0
- T₁ = ???
Let us first calculate the radioactive decay constant.
λ = (Ln2)/T₀,₅
λ = 0.693/5600
λ = 0.000123
Now, let us calculate the first term in the equation
Ln (C14T₁/C14 T₀) = Ln (15%/100%) = Ln 0.15 = - 1.89
Finally, let us replace the terms, clear the equation, and calculate the value of T₁.
Ln (C14T₁/C14 T₀) = - λ T₁
- 1.89 = - 0.000123 x T₁
T₁ = - 1.89 / - 0.000123
T₁ = 15,365 years
The person has been dead for approximately 15,300 years
Endomembrane system include: the nuclear membrane, the endoplasmic reticulum, theGolgi apparatus, lysosomes, vesicles,endosomes and the cell membrane.
Technically this can be answered in a number of ways. But in elementary biology the cell is considered to be the basic unit of life.
Answer:
the load carrying heavy vehicles have large number of wheels so that the pressure on the road is reduced due to larger contact area.
Also, using large number of wheels ensures that the force due to the load is shared among the tyres and no single tyre is under stress.
