2. The fossil of the vertebrae of a whale was discovered by paleontologists and analyzed. They determined that the amount of Carbon-14 in the vertebrae at the time the whale was alive was approximately 16.5 milligrams.
So the paleontologists knew that the amount of Carbon-14 (in mg) in the fossil would decay according th the
equation C= f(t)=16.5e0.000124 where t is in years. How long ago did the whale live if there is only 0.04 mg of
Carbon-14 remaining?