SOLUTION: An artifact originally had 16 grams of carbon-14 present. The decay model A = 16e -0.000121t describes the amount of carbon-14 present after t years. How many grams of carbon-14 wi

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Question 1090182: An artifact originally had 16 grams of carbon-14 present. The decay model A = 16e -0.000121t describes the amount of carbon-14 present after t years. How many grams of carbon-14 will be present in 11,430 years?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39626) About Me  (Show Source):
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A = 16e -0.000121t
A=16%2Ae%5E%280.000121t%29

t=11430
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A=16%2Ae%5E%28-0.000121%2A11430%29
A=4.0