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A sample of wooden artifact is found to undergo 9 disintegration per minute per gram of carbon. What is the approximate age of the artifact? The half life of `._(6)^(14)C` is 5730 years and radioactivity of wood recently cut is 15 disintegrations per minute per gram of carbon.

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