Question
A human skeleton is found in an archeological dig. Carbon dating is implemented to determine how old the skeleton is by using the equation y= e^-0.0001210t , where y is the percent of radiocarbon remaining when the skeleton is t years old.
If the skeleton is expected to be 1500 years old, what percentage of carbon should be present?
If the skeleton is expected to be 1500 years old, what percentage of carbon should be present?
Answers
not really calculus - just Algebra II
just plug in the value for t.
e^(-0.0001210*1500) = 0.834 or 83.4%
just plug in the value for t.
e^(-0.0001210*1500) = 0.834 or 83.4%
Okay I think I kinda get it now. I’m going to post a similar question and try to solve it to see if I got the hang of how to solve this