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The amount of `._(6)C^(14)` isotope in a piece of wood is found to be one-fifth of that present in a fresh piece of wood. Calculate the age of wood (Half life of `C^(14) = 5577` years)

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We know that `t = (2.303 xx t_(1//2))/(0.693) "log" (N_(0))/(N)`
Given `N = (N_(0))/(5)`
So `t = (2.303 xx 5577)/(0.693) "log" 5`
or `t = (2.303 xx 5577)/(0.693) xx 0.6989 = 12953` years
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