document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1195957>Question 1195957</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi please assist me with this question\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Radioactive carbon-14 is used to determine the age of artifacts because it concentrates in the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "organism only when they are alive. It has a half-life of 5730 years. In 1947, Dead Sea Scroll <BR>\n" );
document.write( "were found by one of the South Africa Universities professor. Analysis indicate that scroll<BR>\n" );
document.write( "wrapping contain s 76% of their original carbon -14. Estimate the age of the Dead Sea Scroll.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Radioactive carbon-14 is used to determine the age of artifacts because it concentrates in the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "organism only when they are alive. It has a half-life of 5730 years. In 1947, Dead Sea Scroll <BR>\n" );
document.write( "were found by one of the South Africa Universities professor. Analysis indicate that scroll<BR>\n" );
document.write( "wrapping contain s 76% of their original carbon -14. Estimate the age of the Dead Sea Scroll.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[10 marks]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">If ½ life is “a” time-periods, then k, or DECAY CONSTANT = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%281%2C3%2C+ln%281%2F2%29%2Fa%2C+or%2C+ln%28.5%29%2Fa%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"matrix%281%2C3%2C+ln%281%2F2%29%2Fa%2C+or%2C+ln%28.5%29%2Fa%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r\n" );
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document.write( "                                          We then get: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%281%2C8%2C+k%2C+%22=%22%2C+ln%281%2F2%29%2F%225%2C730%22%2C+%22=%22%2C+-.000120968%2C+%22=%22%2C+-+.000121%2C+%28matrix%281%2C5%2C+rounded%2C+to%2C+6%2C+decimal%2C+places%29%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r\n" );
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document.write( "                     Continuous Growth/Decay formula: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%282%2C3%2C+A%2C+%22=%22%2C+A%5Bo%5De%5E%28kt%29%2C+A%2FA%5Bo%5D%2C+%22=%22%2C++e%5E%28kt%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                     <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%281%2C3%2C+.76%2C+%22=%22%2C+e%5E%28-.000121t%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"matrix%281%2C3%2C+.76%2C+%22=%22%2C+e%5E%28-.000121t%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ------ Substituting .76 for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A%2FA%5Bo%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A%2FA%5Bo%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and -.000121 for k\r\n" );
document.write( "                                              <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%281%2C3%2C+-.000121t%2C+%22=%22%2C+ln+%28.76%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"matrix%281%2C3%2C+-.000121t%2C+%22=%22%2C+ln+%28.76%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ------ Converting to NATURAL LOGARITHMIC (ln) form \r\n" );
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document.write( "              Estimated age of the Dead Sea Scroll, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C9%2C+t%2C+%22=%22%2C+ln%28.76%29%2F-.000121%2C+%22=%22%2C+%222%2C268.073105%2C%22%2C+or%2C+highlight%28%222%2C270%22%29%2C+%28matrix%281%2C4%2C+to%2C+the%2C+nearest%2C+10s%29%29%2C+years%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></PRE> </SPAN>\n" );
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