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When it is stated that these methods are accurate to one or two percent, it does not mean that the computed age is within one or two percent of the correct age. It just means that there is enough accuracy in the measurements to compute t to one or two percentage points of accuracy, where t is the time required to obtain the observed ratio of daughter to parent, assuming no initial daughter product was present at the beginning, and no daughter or parent entered or left the system.

2007-09-27 12:56:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Homework Help

Is it saying that the time is not 2% of the actual time, but the accuracy of the measurements are 2%

2007-09-27 12:59:23 · update #1

so it is 2% wrong?

2007-09-27 13:12:42 · update #2

or 2% right

2007-09-27 13:14:29 · update #3

2 answers

When it says that these are correct with a 1-2 percent margin of error it does not mean that the age you get is that close to the correct age.
It just means that there is enough info to get time within this margin.
there cannot be a daughter used in the method before
and no daughter or parent was subtracted or added

2007-09-27 13:05:59 · answer #1 · answered by Jennifer B 3 · 0 0

it says: "it says these ways are almost 2%-3% accurate, not that the writen age is 2-3% but it acctualy meens theres enough data to show 1-2-3% exact acuracy ect, but daugher and mother= no compatibility not enough to show accuracy " dammnn that was hard to explain, give me best answer lolll
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2007-09-27 13:09:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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