an archaeologist graduate student found a leg bone of a large animal during the building of a new science building. living organisms have a decay rate of 15.30 disintegrations or minute per gram. C-14 undergoes beta decay and the half-life is 5730 years. what is the decay constant for C-14? please report to 3 significant figures

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