Ask Me Help Desk

Ask Me Help Desk (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum.php)
-   Math & Sciences (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=402)
-   -   Half life (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showthread.php?t=532397)

  • Dec 7, 2010, 05:59 AM
    Queen09
    Half life
    The concentration of tritium in the wine is 0.34 times that found in the freshly bottled wines. If the half life of the tritium is 12.3 years, estimate the time elapsed since the wine was bottled.

    Help please. Thank you :)
  • Dec 7, 2010, 10:04 AM
    Unknown008

    Use the equations you were given:



    You were given that
    h = 12.3 years

    You get:




    Solve for t. :)

  • All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:54 AM.