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An archaeologist unearths the remains of a wooden box, analyzes for the carbon-14 content, and finds that about 93.75% of the carbon-14 initially present has decayed. Estimate the age of the box. The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,600 years. Give the answer in scientific notation with 2 decimal places.

Name: an archaeologist unearths the remains of a wooden box analyzes for the carbon 14 content and finds that about 9375 of the carbon 14 initially present has decayed estimate the age of the box 93306
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          An archaeologist unearths the remains of a wooden box, analyzes for the carbon-14 content, and finds that about 93.75% of the carbon-14 initially present has decayed. Estimate the age of the box. The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,600 years. Give the answer in scientific notation with 2 decimal places.

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An archaeologist unearths the remains of a wooden box, analyzes for the carbon-14 content, and finds that about 93.75% of the carbon-14 initially present has decayed. Estimate the age of the box. The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,600 years. Give the answer in scientific notation with 2 decimal places.