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OpenStax, Statistics §5.3 The Exponential Distribution (Optional) · Exercise 19 · Probability · Continuous distributions

The Exponential Distribution (Optional) · Exercise 19

Carbon-14 is a radioactive element with a half-life of about 5,730 years. Carbon-14 is said to decay exponentially. The decay rate is 0.000121. We start with one gram of carbon-14. We are interested in the time (years) it takes to decay carbon-14.

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OpenStax, Statistics · §5.3 The Exponential Distribution (Optional) · Exercise 19

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