Problem- an artifact has a carbon-14 decay rate of 794


Problem- An artifact has a carbon-14 decay rate of 7.94 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon (7.94 dis/min?gC). Living organisms have carbon-14 decay rate of 15.3 dis/min?gC. How old is the artifact? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 yr.)

Express your answer using two significant figures.

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