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The half-life for decay of radioactive is 5730 years. An archaeological artefact containing wood has only 80% of the activity as found in living trees. The age of the artefact would be:
[Given: log 1.25 = 0.0969]
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1845 years
Radioactive decay follows first order kinetics.
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