Suppose the amount of Carbon-14 remaining in a sample of 100 milligrams after X years can be described by A(x)=100e-0.01294x A) How many milligrams of Carbon-14 are initially present? B) How many years will it take for the amount of Carbon-14 to decay to 3 Milligrams?

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Suppose the amount of Carbon-14 remaining in a sample of 100 milligrams after X years can be described by A(x)=100e-0.01294x

A) How many milligrams of Carbon-14 are initially present?

B) How many years will it take for the amount of Carbon-14 to decay to 3 Milligrams?

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