How old is the bone at an archeological site

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Phil finds an old bone at an archeological site and decides to date it. The site is located geographically at a position where the ratio of 14C to 12C in the atmosphere before the year 1900 was about 1.31 · 10-12 . The sample had a ratio if about 3.41 · 10-13. The half-life of 14C is 5730y. How old is this bone?

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