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Carbon from a cypress beam obtained from the tomb of an ancient Egyptian king gave 9.2 d...

Carbon from a cypress beam obtained from the tomb of an ancient Egyptian king gave 9.2 disintegrations/minute of C-14 per gram of carbon. Carbon from living material gives 15.3 disintegrations/min of C-14 per gram of carbon. Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 years. How old is the cypress beam?

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