Isotope is half life in year
.
Find the initial quantity :
\Half life to find .
The general form of carbon isotope initial quantity is , where,
is
and
is
.
.
Apply ln on both sides.
\Substitute plug for for
and
for
and
in the general form.
To find the Amount after years :
General form is .
Substitute and
in the
.
Therefore, the amount after years is
.
The initial quantity is .
The amount after years is
.