Determine what is the age of the basket

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An archeologist on a dig finds a fragment of anancient basket woven from grass. Later, it is determined that thecarbon-14 content of the grass in the basket is 8.71% that of anequal carbon sample from present-day grass. What is the age of the basket?

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