Question: Carbon - [ 1 4 ] is an element which loses half of its mass every [ 5 7 3 0

Carbon-\[14\] is an element which loses half of its mass every \[5730\] years. The following function gives the mass, in grams, of a sample of carbon-\[14\] after \[t\] years:
\[M(t)=65\cdot e^{-0.00012t}\]
What is the instantaneous rate of change of sample's mass after \[1\] year?

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