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ok in my professors notes he calculates carbon 14 age in an example. The problem goes like this: Sample contains 110g carbon sample produces 70 disintegrations per minute. That is 0.7 disintegrations per minute. T=(1/lambda)ln(N0/Nt) Then he substitutes:...

I was the same person from yesterday. I need help on a question. I don't type very good so I have one of my host family do it for me. so please help us. Suppose you have a sample of clamshell at a Paleoindian site and you measure the 14C activity of a 100...

I wrote exactly what he had in his notes. so what should the actual t=? is everything else correct except the 1600? I have no examples in my book.