What is the age of the basket

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Problem- An archeologist on a dig finds a fragment of an ancient basket woven from grass. Later, it is determined that the carbon-14 content of the grass in the basket is 9.09% that of an equal carbon sample from present-day grass. What is the age of the basket?

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