An artifact originally had 16 grams of carbon-14 present. The decay model A = 16 e -0.000121t describes the amount of carbon-14 present after t years. Use the model to determine how many grams of carbon-14 will be present in 5104 years.

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An artifact originally had 16 grams of carbon-14 present. The decay model A = 16 e -0.000121t
describes the amount
of carbon-14 present after t years. Use the model to determine how many grams of carbon-14 will be present in 5104
years.
***
The amount of carbon-14 present in 5104 years will be approximately grams.
(Round to the nearest whole number.)
Transcribed Image Text:An artifact originally had 16 grams of carbon-14 present. The decay model A = 16 e -0.000121t describes the amount of carbon-14 present after t years. Use the model to determine how many grams of carbon-14 will be present in 5104 years. *** The amount of carbon-14 present in 5104 years will be approximately grams. (Round to the nearest whole number.)
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