Biomath: Carbon Dating

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Use the equation we have derived for carbon dating, N(t) = N₀ e ^{− 0.0001216 t}, to answer the following question. It may be helpful to know that the half-life of ¹⁴C is 5700 years.
3.	Problem 3- Calculate the initial amount of ¹⁴C in a fossil Approximately how many grams of ¹⁴C did an organism initially possess if there are 7 g remaining after 17,830 years?
	B.	≈ 61.2 g
		An initial sample of approximately 61.2 g of ¹⁴C decays to 7 g after 17,830 years. Again, in terms of the half-life, this answer makes sense since 30.6 g would remain after 5700 years, 15.3 g would remain after 11,400 years, and 7.65 g would remain after 17,100 years. Tutorial