Question

The amount of carbon 14 remaining in a sample that originally contained A grams is given by C(t) = A(0.999879)t where t is time in years. If tests on a fossilized skull reveal that 99.89% of the carbon 14 has decayed, how old, to the nearest 1,000 years, is the skull?

Answer 1

the answer would be 63000 i hope this helps