A piece of charcoal used for cooking is found at the remains of an ancient campsite. A 0.8 kg sample of carbon from the wood has an activity of 1770 decays per minute. Find the age of the charcoal. Living material has an activity of 15 decays/minute per gram of carbon present and the half-life of 14C is 5730 y. Answer in units of y

t = 15825.11 years

Step-by-step explanation:

From the given information:

We can make use of the activity of the sample present after time "t" to determine the age of the sample.

This can be expressed by the formula:

--- (1)

where;

= activity of the sample at time t = 0

= disintegration constant

If we replace the value of  into equation (1), we have:

By rearrangement:

t = 15825.11 years

n=9

step-by-step explanation:

7 times a number = 7n

decreased by 13 = 7n-13

same as is =

5 times the number = 5n

increased by 5 = 5n+5

7n-13 = 5n+5

2n=18

n=9

answer:   35 % is the probability of a late departure or an early arrival.

step-by-step explanation:

let l represents the late departure and e represents the early departure.

then, according to the question,

p(l) = 12 %,   p(e) = 27 % and = 4 %

and, we have to find out,

but, we know that,

which is the required equation that will use to find the probability of a late departure or an early departure.

therefore,   the probability of a late departure or an early arrival =   35 %