Carbon-14 is a radioactive isotope which decays with a half-life of 5730 years. What is the first-order rate constant for its decay, in units of years-1?
A) 5.25 × 10-5 years-1
B) 1.21 × 10-4 years-1
C) 1.75 × 10-4 years-1
D) 3.49 × 10-4 years-1
E) 3.97 × 103 years-1
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