The piece of wood from a recently cut tree shows 20 decays per minute. A...

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The piece of wood from a recently cut tree shows 20 decays per minute. A wooden piece of same size placed in a museum (obtained from a tree cut many years back) shows 2 decays per minute. If half life of C4 is 5730 years, then age of the wooden piece placed in the museum is approximately A 10439 yearsB 13094 yearsC 19039 yearsD 39040 years

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