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Find the age of an ancient Egyptian wooden article (in years) from the given information. (i) Activity of 1g of carbon obtained from ancient wooden article =7 counts/min/g (ii) Activity of 1 g carbon obtained from fresh wooden sample =15.4 counts per min/g (iii) Precentage increases in level of C^(14) due to nuclear explosions in past 100 years is 10% (iv) t_(1//2) of ._(6)^(14)C=5770 years |
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Answer» `5.770xx10^(3)` |
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