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Homework Statement
The age of the dead sea scrolls was measured using radiocarbon dating. If the measurement gives a ratio of 0.78 for the ratio of the activity in the sample to the activity in a sample of corresponding live material of similar mass, calculate the age of the scrolls.
Homework Equations
N=N°e^λt λ=ln2/t^1/2
Can anybody shed some light?
thanks,