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Carbon-14 is an element which loses exactly half of its mass every 5730 years. The mass of a sample of

carbon-14 can be modeled by a function, M, which depends on its age, t (in years).
We measure that the initial mass of a sample of carbon-14 is 741 grams.

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Answer:


M=741* (0.5)^{(t)/(5730)}

Step-by-step explanation:

by using well known formula for disintegration


M=M_0* (0.5)^{(t)/(T)}

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