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What is the age of an ancient wooden piece if it is known that the specific activity of C14 nuclide in it amounts to 3/5 of that in fresh trees? Given: the half life of C nuclide is 5570 years and loge(5/3)=0.5

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1000 years
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2000 years
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3000 years
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4000 years
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