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A wood specimen containing C taken from an ancient palace showed 24 counts in 3 minutes per gram of carbon in a detector. However, a fresh wood showed 52 counts in 2 minutes per gram of carbon. Assuming no background signal in the detector and half life of C as 5730 years, the age (in years) of the wood specimen is
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