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Transcribed Image Text:Math 116 Section 6.7
2. The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,730 years. Express the amount of carbon-14
remaining as a function of time, t.
As long as a plant or animal is alive, the ratio of the two isotopes of carbon in its
body is close to the ratio in the atmosphere. Since the half life of carbon-14 is 5,730
years, the formula for the amount of carbon-14 remaining after t years is
(In (0.5))
A≈ Age 5730
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