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An ancient club is found that contains 150 g of pure carbon andhas an activity of 5.5 decays per second. Determine its ageassuming that in living trees the ratio of 14C/12C atoms is about1.00 x 10^-12 . Note that the half life of carbon-14 is 5700 yearsand the Avogadro number is 6.02 x 10^23 .

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We know that radioactive decay is given byNt N0expt decayconstant ln 2ThalfThalf halflife of carbon14 5700 yr ln 257001216104 per yrSince 1    See Answer
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