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10. The 14C content of an ancient piece of wood was found to be one-sixteenth of that in living trees. How many years old is this piece of wood if the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years?

10. The 14C content of an ancient piece of wood was found to be one-sixteenth of that in living trees. How many years old is this piece of wood if the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years?

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10. The 4C content of an ancient piece of wood was found to be one-sixteenth of that in living trees. How many years old is this piece of wood if the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years?
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