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In a sample of wood, the reading of a counter is 32 dpm and in a fresh sample of tree it is 122dpm . Due to error counter gives the reading 2 dpm in absence of `.^(14)C` . Half life of `.^(14)C` is 5770 years .
The approximate age (in years) of wood sample is :

A

7997.2

B

57570

C

11540

D

15140

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