Explain carbon-14 has a half-life

Reference no: EM13284075

Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 years. In a plant fossil, you find that the C^14 has decayed to 1/16.0 of the original amount. How long ago was this plant alive? Express your answer numerically in years.

Reference no: EM13284075

Questions Cloud

Calculate external funds needed : Calculate external funds needed (EFN) and prepare pro forma income statements and balance sheet assuming growth at precisely this rate. Recalculate the ratios in the previous question. What do you observe?

Write magnitude function for a third order chebyshev filter : Write the magnitude function for a third order Chebyshev filter having a ripple coefficient of 0.4. Do not expand. Also find the cutoff frequency.

Determine distance did the dog run : After having collected samples along the shore all day long, a marine biologist walks back to her campsite, 1.69 km away. What distance did the dog run

How long until these bonds may first be called : The bonds have a yield to call of 6.5% and a yield to maturity of 7.4%. How long until these bonds may first be called?

Explain carbon-14 has a half-life : Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 years. In a plant fossil, you find that the C^14 has decayed to 1/16.0 of the original amount. How long ago was this plant alive. Express your answer numerically in years.

Verify by computing the circuit frequency response : Design a one-op-ampactive band pass filter that has a midband (at 5 KHz) inputimpedance of approximately 10K, a midband gain of approximately 1and a frequency response from 1 to 10KHz(corner frequencies).Verify by computing the circuit frequency r..

What single investment made today : What single investment made today, earning 12% annual interest, will be worth $6,000 at the end of six years?

Where will the wrench hit the deck : A sailor drops a wrench from the top of a sailboat's vertical mast while the boat is moving rapidly and steadily straight forward. Where will the wrench hit the deck

What is the required return on this particular stock : A stock has a beta of .80. The return on the market is 13% and the return on risk-free securities is 7%. What is the required return on this particular stock?

User Account

All Pages