A bone containing 200 g of carbon-14 has a -decay rate of 375 decays/min

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A bone containing 200 g of carbon-14 has a β\beta-decay rate of 375 decays/min. Calculate the time that has elapsed since the death of the organism. The decay rate for the living organism is 15 decays per min per gram of carbon, and the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. (1) 27190 years (2) 1190 years (3) 17190 years (4) None of these

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