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Present-day plant life has a carbon–14 decay rate of 16 disintegrations per minute (dpm) per gram of carbon. If a contemporary wooden chair were somehow preserved for the next 3,900 years, what 14C decay rate should be expected from the wood used to make the chair?  (t1/2 = 5,730 yr)
◦ 26 dpm
◦ 12 dpm
◦ 11 dpm
◦ 10 dpm
◦ 8 dpm
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