The cloth shroud from around a mummy is found to have a 14C14C activity of 8.7 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon as compared with living organisms that undergo 16.3 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon.   From the half-life for 14C14C decay, 5715 yryr, calculate the age of the shroud. Express your answer using two significant figures

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