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SOLVED: Charcoal found in the Lascaux cave in France, site of many prehistoric cave paintings, was observed to decay at a rate of 2.4 disintegrations / min per gram of carbon. What is the age of the charcoal if currently living organisms decay at the rate of 15.3 disintegrations / min per gram of carbon? The half-life of ^14C is 5730 years.

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