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Carbon Dating Help

I was given lab data on a sample of organic chemistry, and I need help dating it.

The data is as follows:

1.  the delta value for the 13-C (carbon 13) = -7.2

2.  14-C (carbon 14) activity = 8.16 dpm/g

I need help calculating the age of this carbon, and if possible, corrected for isotopic fractionation.

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