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When charcoal is prepared from a living tree, it shows a disintergration rate of 15.3 disintergrations of ``^14C` per gram per minute. A sample form an ancient piece of charcoal shows ``^14C`activity to be 12.3 disintergrations per gram per minute. How old is this sample ? Half-life of ``^14C` is 5730 y.

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