Trying to plot radioactive decay equation

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I am trying to plot a radioactive decay equation. I have attached a screen shot of my current code and a picture of the final result that I need to go get to. Why is my current code not working? Matlab won't plot it.

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Mischa Kim
Mischa Kim on 14 Jun 2015
Edited: Mischa Kim on 14 Jun 2015
Daniel, you can simply do
lambda = log10(2)/5700;
x = 1:100;
y = (-1/lambda)*log10(x/100);
plot(x,y)

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Ayesha Altaf
Ayesha Altaf on 10 Jan 2021
function matlab
clc;clear;
%Radioactive decay
y0=[5*10^26;0];
soln = ode23(@f1,[0 8],y0)
t = linspace(0,8,24);
y(:,1)=deval(soln,t,1); %Strontium
y(:,2)=deval(soln,t,2); % Yttrium
figure
plot(t,y(:,1),'-o',t,y(:,2),'--');
hold on;grid on;
legend('Strontium','Yttrium')
end
function dxdt = f1(x,t)
r1 = 0.256;
r2 = 0.127;
dxdt(1) = -r1 * x;
dxdt(2) = -r2 * x;
dxdt =dxdt';
end
function matlab
Error: Function definition not supported in this context. Create functions in code file.
what's wrong with this code. why it show error can anyone tell?

Narayan guragain
Narayan guragain on 17 May 2021
clear all
clc
%%Radioactive Decay%%
N0=5*10^22;
lemda=0.25;
t=[0:10];
N=N0*exp(-lemda.*t);
plot(t,N,"r");
xlabel("Half Life");
ylabel("Particles Undecayed");
title("Radioactive Decay");

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