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An old bone sample contains of carbon and has an activity of 947 decays/min due to the carbon-14 in it. The half-life of carbon-14 is . Assume that the activity of the atmospheric carbon is, and has remained, per gram of carbon.
(a) How old is the sample?
(b) What will be the activity of the sample from now, in decays per minute?
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