How old is the animal, An archaeologist found a fragment

How old is the animal

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An archaeologist found a fragment bone of animal. It has an activity per gram of carbon that is 25% that of an equivalent sample of carbon from a similar living animal. If the half-life of the carbon is 5730 y, how old is the animal?

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