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Wooden artifact and freshly cut tree are having 7.6 and 15.2 counts min-1 `ga^(-1)` of carbon `(t^(1//2) = 5700 "years")` respectively. Calculate the age of the artifact.

5760 years

2880 years

17280 years

5760 years

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