The age of a piece of wood from an archeological site

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The age of a piece of wood from an archeological site is to be determined using the Carbon-14 method. The activity of the sample is measured to be 0.655 times the Carbon-14 activity of living plants. What is the age of the sample in years? (The half-life of the Carbon-14 isotope is 5730 years.)

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