This exercise uses the radioactive decay model. The burial cloth of an Egyptian mummy estimated to contain 57% of the carbon-14 it contained originally. How long ago was the mummy buried? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. Round you answer to the nearest ten years.) 4684 x yr

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This exercise uses the radioactive decay model.
The burial cloth of an Egyptian mummy is estimated to contain 57% of the carbon-14 it contained originally. How long ago was the mummy buried? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. Round you
answer to the nearest ten years.)
4684
X yr
Transcribed Image Text:This exercise uses the radioactive decay model. The burial cloth of an Egyptian mummy is estimated to contain 57% of the carbon-14 it contained originally. How long ago was the mummy buried? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. Round you answer to the nearest ten years.) 4684 X yr
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