Using half life to determine the age of a piece of coal

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  • Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024

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  • @marisacharlotte7242
    @marisacharlotte7242 6 лет назад +11

    I would fail without your explanations. You make it look so easy.

    • @brianmclogan
      @brianmclogan  6 лет назад +2

      happy to be able to help you our Marisa!

  • @saketkumar7821
    @saketkumar7821 8 лет назад +5

    u have saved my life ur so awesome

  • @douglaspendleton7689
    @douglaspendleton7689 2 года назад +1

    You’ve definitely helped me get through MAT109

  • @JB-123
    @JB-123 3 года назад

    This video is pure gold. Thank you for making this!

  • @cyrenjoyleonar2350
    @cyrenjoyleonar2350 3 года назад

    Hello,Mr.Brian Mclogan..Your presentation was nice...I have a question.Scientists found a fossilized bone from an organism in a deep layer of rock.When they took the bone back to the lab they realized that the bone had only 12.5percent of total Carbon 14 left.Based on the amount of carbon 14 left in the bone how old is the bone.?half life:carbon 14-5730 years..thank you

    • @HarjitSingh-rr2wl
      @HarjitSingh-rr2wl 3 года назад

      3 half-life's , so the bone is 17190 years old .

  • @salb5366
    @salb5366 7 лет назад

    Hi, in the first formula you showed. y=ae^rt. t=5730. But how did you get in the second formula (ln.5/5370)*t . I am not sure how you went back to the variable t. I see e^r when r=(ln.5/5370) by why are there 2 T's. Thank you

    • @brianmclogan
      @brianmclogan  7 лет назад

      I look the log of both sides and used the rules of logarithms

    • @salb5366
      @salb5366 7 лет назад

      Thanks professor. I took pre-calu before and did very well in it. Just brushing up on some things. You're my go too instructor.

  • @albertocayentejunior8025
    @albertocayentejunior8025 5 лет назад

    how would I find the rate if it wasnt given to me?

  • @someguytu
    @someguytu 2 года назад

    Nice explination.

  • @isabellaholland2719
    @isabellaholland2719 Год назад

    I just finished my assignment thanks to you. Thank you so much!

  • @larsonken181
    @larsonken181 5 лет назад +2

    I have a question. Is it rare that a fossil has color? I found a leaf fossil which has some green leaves and I don't know if it's common. I tried googling it but didn't find anything.

  • @HandsomeJackoff
    @HandsomeJackoff 5 лет назад +10

    I want to take this man's hand in marriage!

  • @marisanssummer8882
    @marisanssummer8882 Год назад

    This saved me

  • @Mohammed-er3il
    @Mohammed-er3il 6 лет назад +3

    Great video

  • @Aquilabashir
    @Aquilabashir 8 лет назад +1

    just wondering, why not use the formula A=A*/2^n?

    • @brianmclogan
      @brianmclogan  8 лет назад

      +Aquilabashir never used that one before

    • @saketkumar7821
      @saketkumar7821 8 лет назад

      ur getting the same formula simply it

  • @lucasargandona4658
    @lucasargandona4658 5 лет назад

    a represents both final and initial value?

    • @renastevenz
      @renastevenz 5 лет назад +1

      no he is just always making mistakes

    • @renastevenz
      @renastevenz 5 лет назад +1

      y is the final value and a is the initial value

  • @lucasargandona4658
    @lucasargandona4658 5 лет назад

    2:50 I thought we knew what the half-life was and were trying to find out what the time is because it says how long ago was the coal burned

    • @minime357
      @minime357 4 года назад +1

      @Akshay Tallikar Calls people retarded and uses "too" instead of "to"

    • @deshomnoel3738
      @deshomnoel3738 4 года назад

      We do know what the half life is but we have missing variables to put it simply

    • @deshomnoel3738
      @deshomnoel3738 4 года назад

      @Akshay Tallikar Lucas statement is valid unlike your poorly written comment.

  • @douglaspendleton7689
    @douglaspendleton7689 2 года назад

    Funny when you call out students inattention in vids. Britney is famous8 years later. Lol

  • @masterofzero7105
    @masterofzero7105 5 лет назад

    No incorrect.. A carbon 14 test is good up to around 50,000 years

    • @clodqbabi
      @clodqbabi 4 года назад

      No it has a half life of 5,700

    • @karhukivi
      @karhukivi 3 года назад

      Correct, usually approx. ten half-lives is the effective limit.