An ancient piece of wood contains 2 grams of carbon and is


An ancient piece of wood contains 2 grams of carbon and is found to have 10 C-14 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon. One gram of carbon in the atmosphere is assumed to have 15 C-14 disintegrations per minute. The half life of C-14 is 5,715 years. How old is the temple? (Hint: Until the tree used to build the temple was felled, it was exchanging carbon with the environment.)

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