Suppose an archaeologist finds a camel tooth that contains 42 % of original amount of C-14. Find age of the tooth.
N = Noekt
No = initial mass of C-14 (at time t = 0)
N = amount of C-14 at time t
k = 0.0001
t = time, in years
Since , our equation can be written like this:
0.42No = Noe
-0.00010