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Radiocarbon dating techniques are used to determine that a very old piece of bone emits emits...

Radiocarbon dating techniques are used to determine that a very old piece of bone emits emits about 7 β-particles per sec. If a similarly-sized sample of modern bone emits about 224 β-particles per sec, and the half-life of 14C is 5730 years, approximately how old is this bone fragment (in years)?

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