A wooden object from the site of an ancient temple has a carbon-14 activity of 10

Chapter 0, Problem 5.78

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A wooden object from the site of an ancient temple has a carbon-14 activity of 10 counts / min compared with a reference piece of wood cut today that has an activity of 40 counts / min. If the half-life for carbon-14 is 5730 yr, what is the age of the ancient wood object? (5.3, 5.4)

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