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Sublime74
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Homework Statement
The amount of 14C in an old, isolated sample of vegetation is 0.692 that expected from a present day sample with an equivalent carbon content. Calculate the age of the old sample in years.
Homework Equations
Im fairly sure you use the following equation to solve this...ln(N/Nsub0)=-.693t/tsub(1/2) ...I could be wrong, because every time I attempt to use it nothing happens haha.