A fossil contains 4.06 grams of carbon 14. Refer to the formulaA(t) = C 0.999879twhich gives the original amount of carbon 14 t years ago in terms of the amount C that is left now, and estimate the amount of carbon 14 in the sample 10,000 years, 20,000 years, and 30,000 years ago. (Round your answers to one decimal place.

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A fossil contains 4.06 grams of carbon 14. Refer to the formulaA(t) =

C
0.999879t
which gives the original amount of carbon 14 t years ago in terms of the amount C that is left now, and estimate the amount of carbon 14 in the sample 10,000 years, 20,000 years, and 30,000 years ago. (Round your answers to one decimal place.
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According to the given equation, the amount of C-14 in the sample at t time is given in the following way.

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Here, C is the amount of C-14 t years ago that is left now.

In this case,

C = 4.06 g

According to equation (1), the amount of C-14 in the sample t = 10000 years ago is calculated in the following way.

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