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In the year 2005, a picture supposedly painted by a famous artist some time after 1815 but before 1865 contains 95 percent of its carbon-14 (half-life 5730 years).

Approximately how old is the painting? years

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just solve for t in

(1/2)^(t/5730) = 0.95

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