Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 yr. A living organism has an activity of 15.2 counts per minute (cpm) per gram of carbon. If a bone is determined to have an activity of 11 cpm per gram of carbon, how old is the bone in the unit of years? Please report an integer.

Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 yr. A living organism has an activity of 15.2 counts per minute (cpm) per gram of carbon. If a bone is determined to have an activity of 11 cpm per gram of carbon, how old is the bone in the unit of years? Please report an integer.

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Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 yr. A living organism has an activity of 15.2 counts per minute (cpm) per gram of carbon. If a bone is
determined to have an activity of 11 cpm per gram of carbon, how old is the bone in the unit of years? Please report an integer.

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