baldymcgee6 Group Title Scientists discover a fossil that contains 74% as much radioactive carbon, 14C, as does a living mammal. Assuming the half-life of 14 C to be about 5730 years, write the ODE representing the decay of carbon in the specimen and estimate its age. one year ago one year ago

1. levinelevine Group Title

whats ODE

2. baldymcgee6 Group Title

ordinary differential equation

3. levinelevine Group Title

$\frac{ \delta fc }{ \delta t }=-\frac{ \ln(2) }{ half-life }fc$

4. levinelevine Group Title

where fc is the concentration of C14

5. baldymcgee6 Group Title

right, I know the formula for half-life but i don't know how to get the ODE

6. levinelevine Group Title

thats the ODE

7. levinelevine Group Title

you want the process to get there?

8. baldymcgee6 Group Title

9. levinelevine Group Title

Im too tired to explain how i got there, its a little bit complicated... srry mate

10. baldymcgee6 Group Title

Alright, thanks anyways.

11. levinelevine Group Title

but do u know how to solve that?