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Find the age of an ancient Egyptian wooden article (in years) from the given information.
(i) Activity of 1g of carbon obtained from ancient wooden article =7 counts/min/g
(ii) Activity of 1 g carbon obtained from fresh wooden sample =15.4 counts per min/g
(iii) Precentage increases in level of `C^(14)` due to nuclear explosions in past 100 years is 10%
(iv) `t_(1//2)` of `._(6)^(14)C=5770` years

A

`5.770xx10^(3)`

B

`16.87xx10^(3)`

C

2488

D

none of these

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