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An anthropologist studying the bones of a prehistoric person finds there is so little remaining Carbon-14 in the bones
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An anthropologist studying the bones of a prehistoric person finds there is so little remaining Carbon-14 in the bones
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Question 416652: How do I set this up so I can solve it, it's a word proble.
An anthropologist studying the bones of a prehistoric person finds there is so little remaining Carbon-14 in the bones that instruments cannot measure it. This means there is less than 0.5% of the amount of Carbon-14 the bones would have contained when the person was alive. How long ago did the person die? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An anthropologist studying the bones of a prehistoric person finds there is so little remaining Carbon-14 in the bones that instruments cannot measure it.
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This means there is less than 0.5% of the amount of Carbon-14 the bones would have contained when the person was alive.
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How long ago did the person die?
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Carbon 14 half-life is 5730 years
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Equation to use:
A(t) = Ao(1/2)^(t/5730)
0.0005Ao = Ao(1/2)^(t/5730)
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(1/2)^(t/5730) = 0.0005
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Take the ln of both sides:
(t/5730)ln(1/2) = ln(0.0005)
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t/5730 = 10.9658
t > 62,833.94 year old
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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