Explain the rate of decrease to 4 disintegrations per minute

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Radioactive carbon-14 has a half life of 5730 years. Suppouse a peice of wood has a decay rate of 15 disingrations per minute. How many years would it taker for the rate of decrease to 4 disintegrations per minute?

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