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A Fly Caught in Amber Is Thought to Be 3

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A fly caught in amber is thought to be 3 million years old.Why would it not be useful to confirm its age using radiocarbon dating?


A) The fly contains no carbon.
B) The fly is too small to contain a measurable amount of carbon.
C) The fly is too old to contain a measureable amount of carbon-14.
D) The carbon-14 doesn't begin to decay until the fly is removed from the amber.
E) Radiocarbon dating is too inaccurate to be useful.

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