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+//ques-20.14
+//Calculating age of a wooden article
+clc
+No=15.2; N=2;//initial and final counts/min/g in wood
+th=5760;//half-life (in years)
+T=0.693/th;//decay constant
+t=(2.303/T)*log10(No/N);
+printf("The age of the wooden article is %.0f years.",t);