Mathematics: A Practical Odyssey
Mathematics: A Practical Odyssey
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ISBN: 9781305104174
Author: David B. Johnson, Thomas A. Mowry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Scientists can determine the age of ancient objects by the method of radiocarbon dating. The bombardment of the upper atmosphere by cosmic rays converts nitrogen to a radioactive isotope of carbon, ¹4C, with a half-life of about 5,730 years. Vegetation absorbs carbon dioxide through the atmosphere, and animal life assimilates ¹4C through food chains. When a plant or animal dies, it stops replacing its carbon, and the amount of ¹4C present begins to decrease through radioactive decay. Therefore, the level of radioactivity must also decay exponentially. A discovery revealed a parchment fragment that had about 54% as much 14C radioactivity as does plant material on the earth today. Estimate the age (in years) of the parchment. (Round your answer to the nearest hundred years.)

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Ch. 10.0A - In Exercises 1-12, find the value of u, v or b....Ch. 10.0A - Prob. 2ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 3ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 4ECh. 10.0A - In Exercises 1-12, find the value of u, v or b....Ch. 10.0A - Prob. 6ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 7ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 8ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 9ECh. 10.0A - In Exercises 1-12, find the value of u, v or b....
Ch. 10.0A - In Exercises 1-12, find the value of u, v or b....Ch. 10.0A - Prob. 12ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 13ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 14ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 15ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 16ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 17ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 18ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 19ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 20ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 21ECh. 10.0A - In Exercises 19-26, rewrite the exponential...Ch. 10.0A - In Exercises 19-26, rewrite the exponential...Ch. 10.0A - Prob. 24ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 25ECh. 10.0A - In Exercises 19-26, rewrite the exponential...Ch. 10.0A - Prob. 27ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 28ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 29ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 30ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 31ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 32ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 33ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 34ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 35ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 36ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 37ECh. 10.0A - In Exercises 27-56, use a calculator to find each...Ch. 10.0A - Prob. 39ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 40ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 41ECh. 10.0A - In Exercises 27-56, use a calculator to find each...Ch. 10.0A - Prob. 43ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 44ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 45ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 46ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 47ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 48ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 49ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 50ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 51ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 52ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 53ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 54ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 55ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 56ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 57ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 58ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 59ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 60ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 61ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 62ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 63ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 64ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 65ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 66ECh. 10.0A - Prob. 67ECh. 10.0B - In Exercises 1-12, simplify by using the Inverse...Ch. 10.0B - Prob. 2ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 3ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 4ECh. 10.0B - In Exercises 1-12, simplify by using the Inverse...Ch. 10.0B - Prob. 6ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 7ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 8ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 9ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 10ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 11ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 12ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 13ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 14ECh. 10.0B - In Exercises 13-22, rewrite the given logarithm so...Ch. 10.0B - Prob. 16ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 17ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 18ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 19ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 20ECh. 10.0B - In Exercises 13-12, rewrite the given logarithm so...Ch. 10.0B - Prob. 22ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 23ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 24ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 25ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 26ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 27ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 28ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 29ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 30ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 31ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 32ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 33ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 34ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 35ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 36ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 37ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 38ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 39ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 40ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 41ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 42ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 43ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 44ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 45ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 46ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 47ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 48ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 49ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 50ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 51ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 52ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 53ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 54ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 55ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 56ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 57ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 58ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 59ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 60ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 61ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 62ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 63ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 64ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 65ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 66ECh. 10.0B - Exercises 59-70 refer to Example 10. You want to...Ch. 10.0B - Prob. 68ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 69ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 70ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 71ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 72ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 73ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 74ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 75ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 76ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 77ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 78ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 79ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 80ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 81ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 82ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 83ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 84ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 85ECh. 10.0B - Prob. 86ECh. 10.1 - Use the model p=30e0.0198026273t developed in...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 2ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 3ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 4ECh. 10.1 - Exercise 5-12 deal with data from the U.S. Bureau...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 6ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 7ECh. 10.1 - Exercise 5-12 deal with data from the U.S. Bureau...Ch. 10.1 - Exercise 5-12 deal with data from the U.S. Bureau...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 10ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 11ECh. 10.1 - Exercise 5-12 deal with data from the U.S. Bureau...Ch. 10.1 - A biologist is conducting an experiment that...Ch. 10.1 - A university keeps a number of mice for psychology...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 15ECh. 10.1 - In July 2012, Alvarado Niles bought a house for...Ch. 10.1 - An October 2009 article in The Industry Standard...Ch. 10.1 - According to a September9,2007, article in ZDNet,...Ch. 10.1 - The number of cell phone subscribers has been...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 20ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 21ECh. 10.1 - In 1969, the National Academy of Sciences...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 23ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 24ECh. 10.1 - Use the data in Exercise 22 to complete the...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 26ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 27ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 28ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 29ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 30ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 31ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 32ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 33ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 34ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 35ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 36ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 37ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 38ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 39ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 40ECh. 10.1 - Prob. 41ECh. 10.2 - Using the model Q=20e0.086643397t developed in...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 2ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 3ECh. 10.2 - Using the model Q=8.2e0.053319013t developed in...Ch. 10.2 - Silicon-31 is used to diagnose certain medical...Ch. 10.2 - Plutonium-238 is used as a compact source of...Ch. 10.2 - How long will it take 64grams of magnesium 28 to...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 8ECh. 10.2 - How long will it take 500grams of plutonium-241 to...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 10ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 11ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 12ECh. 10.2 - How long will it take a given quantity of...Ch. 10.2 - How long will it take a given quantity of...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 15ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 16ECh. 10.2 - In March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 18ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 19ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 20ECh. 10.2 - A lab technician had 58 grams of a radioactive...Ch. 10.2 - A lab technician had 32 grams of a radioactive...Ch. 10.2 - In 1989, a Mayan codex a remnant of ancient...Ch. 10.2 - Two Ohlone Indian skeletons, along with burial...Ch. 10.2 - In 1940, beautiful prehistoric cave paintings of...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 26ECh. 10.2 - An ancient parchment contained 70 of the expected...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 28ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 29ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 30ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 31ECh. 10.2 - How much carbon-14 would you expect to find in a...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 33ECh. 10.2 - A museum claims that one of its skeleton is 9,000...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 35ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 36ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 37ECh. 10.2 - In Example 8, we determined that 0.891(or89.1) of...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 39ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 40ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 41ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 42ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 43ECh. 10.2 - What does the phrase half-life mean?Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 45ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 46ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 47ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 48ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 49ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 50ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 51ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 52ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 53ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 54ECh. 10.2 - Prob. 55ECh. 10.3 - In Exercises 1-4, find the magnitude of the given...Ch. 10.3 - In Exercises 1-4, find the magnitude of the given...Ch. 10.3 - In Exercises 1-4, find the magnitude of the given...Ch. 10.3 - In Exercises 1-4, find the magnitude of the given...Ch. 10.3 - In Exercises 5-12, use the information in Figure...Ch. 10.3 - In Exercises 5-12, use the information in Figure...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 7ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 8ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 9ECh. 10.3 - In Exercises 5-12, use the information in Figure...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 11ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 12ECh. 10.3 - Shortly after the 1989 San Francisco quake, it was...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 14ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 15ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 16ECh. 10.3 - In Exercises 16-20, find the decibel rating of the...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 18ECh. 10.3 - In Exercises 16-20, find the decibel rating of the...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 20ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 21ECh. 10.3 - In Exercises 21-24, find the dB gain for the given...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 23ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 24ECh. 10.3 - If a single singer is singing at 74dB, how many...Ch. 10.3 - If a single singer is singing at 74dB, how many...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 27ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 28ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 29ECh. 10.3 - If a single trumpet is playing at 78dB, how many...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 31ECh. 10.3 - Find a rule of thumb for the dB gain if the number...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 33ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 34ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 35ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 36ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 37ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 38ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 39ECh. 10.3 - Prob. 40ECh. 10.CR - 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