An average mosquito found in the environment gives of 12.6 disintigrations per minute per gram of carbon. a preserved mosquito found inside of an amber fossil found in the new england states gives off 1.575 disintigrations per minute per gram of carbon. with a half life of 5,730 years for carbon 14 how old is the mosquito roughly? answers are in years, you do not need to include the word years though in the answer

From the half life equation, the remaining fraction

where t = total time elapsed and T = Half life

Now,  it is given that,

And remaining fraction is

So, substituting these values in the above equation,

Taking log both sides,

Solving, we obtain that,

years

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step-by-step explanation:

the total is 23.97. 0.25% is off so you have to subtracting 25% from 100% and you will get 75% if you convert it to decimal you will get 0.75. you have to find the original because the formula is % times original = total.so you have the total and the % so you just have to plug it in.

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