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The activity of radioactive carbon-14 decay of a piece of charcoal found at a volcanic sit...

The activity of radioactive carbon-14 decay of a piece of charcoal found at a volcanic site is 11.2 disintegrations per second. If the activity of carbon-14 decay in an equal mass of living matter is 18.3 disintegrations per second, what is the age of the charcoal? (See Problem 20.29 for the half-life of carbon-14.)

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