Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-894-7
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Chapter 9 - Section 9.6 - Exponential Growth and Decay; Modeling Data - Exercise Set - Page 740: 15

Answer

$8.013$ grams of carbon-14

Work Step by Step

$A=A_{0}e^{kt}$ For $A=16e^{-0.000121t}, t=5715$ $A=16e^{-0.000121\times 5715}$ $A=8.013$ grams of carbon-14 will be present in $5715$ years.
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