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A piece of burnt wood of mass 20 g is found to have a `.^(14)C` activity of 4 decay `s^(-1)` . How long has the tree that this wood belonged to be dead ? Given `T_((1)/(2))` of `.^(14)C= 5730` year.

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1840

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1830

C

1820

D

1860

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