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A wooden boat discovered just south of the Great Pyramid in Egypt had a carbon-14 content of approximately 3.1 % of that found in living organisms. How old is the boat? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5715 years.)

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A wooden boat discovered just south of the Great Pyramid in Egypt had a carbon-14 content of approximately 3.1 % of that found in living organisms. How old is the boat? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5715 years.)

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A wooden boat discovered just south of the Great Pyramid in Egypt had a carbon-14 content of approximately 3.1 % of that found in living organisms. How old is the boat? (The half-life of carbon-14 is 5715 years.)

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please answer the question using years