College Algebra Half Life Problem Recently, while digging in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, archaeologists found corn pollen that was 4000 years old. This was evidence that Native Americans had been cultivating crops in the Southwest centuries earlier than scientists had thought.

What percent of the carbon-14 had been lost from the pollen?

(half-life of carbon-14 = 5730)

"standard form:

3x2 + 14x − 10 = 0

solutions based on quadratic formula:

x1   = −14 − √ 142 − 4×3×(−10) /   2×3   = −14 − 2 × √ 79 /   6   ≈ −5.296

x2   = −14 + √ 142 − 4×3×(−10) /   2×3   = −14 + 2 × √ 79 /   6   ≈ 0.629

391.6 is the correct answer

you meant circumference well the answer is:

17.27876 miles

area is 23.7583

the radius is 2.75 miles

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