Functions and Change: A Modeling Approach to College Algebra (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337111348
Author: Bruce Crauder, Benny Evans, Alan Noell
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1.2, Problem 13E
Reminder Round all answers to two decimal places unless otherwise indicated.
Carbon-14
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a. What is the average yearly rate of change of carbon-14 during the first 5000 years?
b. How many grams of carbon-14 would you expect to find remaining after 1236 years?
c. What would you expect to be the limiting value of C?
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