Problema Solution
An artifact originally had 16 grams of carbon-14 present. The decay model A=16e^-0.000121t describes the amount of carbon-14 present after t years. Use the model to determine how many grams of carbon-14 will be present in 5558 years will be approximately ____grams. (Round to the nearest whole number.)
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Amount of C-14 after 5558 years = 16 e^-(0.00012*5588) = 16*0.5133 = 8.2128 gm.= 8 gm