POW 5 - Radioactive-Henry

The half-life of Carbon-14 is 5,370 years. The term half-life means that after that time interval,
half of the starting amount is gone. If you start with 10 lbs of C-14, how much is left after:
A. 5,370 years?
B. 10,740 years?
C. 16,110 years?
D. Write a function for the amount left after t years
E. 3,000 years?
To the nearest ten years, when will 4.2 lbs remain?
Conclusion question: As time goes on, what happens to the rate of decay?
Known values:10lbs, 5,370 years,
Unknowns: amount of C-14 left after T amount of time. T
Goal: Find amount of C-14 left after T amount of time.
Steps: Create general equation for the half life of C-14,
solve for it at different time intervals
Prediction:the answers will be between 0.1lbs and 5lbs
Step, why
equation for decay y=10*0.5^x/5370,so i can solve for different times.
plug in 5,370 for X which is 5, to find the answer to question A
plug in 10,740 for X which is 2.5, to find the answer to question b
plug in 16,110 for X which is 1.25, to find the answer to question c
plug in 3,000 for X which is 6.8, to find the answer to question e
Graph equation and plot the point where the Y is 4.2, to find how many years it would take for
the element to decay to 4.2lbs
Answers:
A.5
B.2.5
C.1.25
D.f(x)=10*0.5^x/5370
E.6.8
To the nearest ten years, when will 4.2 lbs remain? The answer is 6712.5
All these answers are accurate because they were all double checked.