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12 September, 11:09

An anthropologist finds bone that her instruments measure it as 0.526% of the amount of Carbon-14 the bones would have contained when the person was alive. How long ago did the person die?

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  1. 12 September, 14:05
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    At year after death, C = Co * (1/2) ^ (y/5730)

    C = Co*0.00556

    Co*0.00556 = Co * (1/2) ^ (y/5730)

    0.00556 = (1/2) ^ (y/5730)

    ln (0.00556) = (y/5730) * ln (0.5)

    y/5730 = ln (0.00556) / ln (0.5)

    y = 5730*ln (0.00556) / ln (0.5)

    y = ~ 42921.7

    y = ~ 43000 years
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