An ancient wooden club is found that contains

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An ancient wooden club is found that contains 195 g of carbon and has an activity of 7.0 decays per second. Decide its age assuming that in living trees the ratio of 14_C/12_C atoms is about 1.3 multiplied by 10^-12.

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