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Present-day plant life has a carbon-14 decay rate of 16 disintegrations per minute (dpm) per gram of carbon. If a contemporary wooden chair were preserved for the next 3900 years, what 14C decay rate should be expected from the wood used to make the chair? ( t1/2 = 5730 yr)



▸ 26 dpm

▸ 12 dpm

▸ 11 dpm

▸ 10 dpm

▸ 8 dpm
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