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College Algebra

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ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter6: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

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Mikey and his gang of friends find a map leading to a treasure owned by a pirate living in the 17th century. To authenticate the map, Mikey carbon-dates the map by measuring the amount of carbon-14 currently in the map relative to the amount originally present when the map was drawn and finds that 96% of the carbon-14 is still present. If the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years, how long ago was the map drawn up? Round to the nearest year. Does the age of the map support its authenticity?

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