document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=289033>Question 289033</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am having trouble with this question - could you please provide me with the steps, and solution?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the half-life of Carbon 14 is 5730 years, how muc will remain of an initial 3 gms after 1000 years?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #854268 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><B>greenestamps(13367)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=greenestamps><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=854268\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using the definition of half life, the amount<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A%28n%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A%28n%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > remaining after <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > half-lives is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A%28n%29=A%280%29%28%281%2F2%29%5En%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A%28n%29=A%280%29%28%281%2F2%29%5En%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A%280%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A%280%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the initial amount.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In this problem, the number of half-lives is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1000%2F5730 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1000%2F5730\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "With an initial amount of 3 grams, the amount remaining after that many half-lives is<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 2.658186689....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Remember that radioactive decay is a statistical process; that mathematical answer is only approximately correct<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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