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The radioactive element carbon-14 has a half-life of 5750 years. A scientist determined that the bones from a mastodon had lost 67.5% of their carbon-14. How old were the bones at the time they were discovered?
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Transcribed Image Text:tab caps lock The radioactive element carbon-14 has a half-life of 5750 years. A scientist determined that the bones from a mastodon had lost 67.5% of their carbon-14. How old were the bones at the time they were discovered? The bones were about years old. (Round to the nearest integer as needed.) Next ▶11 esc 19 ^ 6 ! 7 Q A Z 2 W S 80 # 3 E D $ 4 C R F % 5 V T G Y B & 7 H U N 8 J 1 M 1 9 K O 0 L F10 P + { 1 delete
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