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14C Can Be Used to Determine the Ages of Fossil

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14C can be used to determine the ages of fossil organisms because


A) all organisms contain many carbon compounds.
B) 14C has a regular rate of decay to 14N.
C) the ratio of 14C to 12C in living organisms is always the same as that in the atmosphere.
D) the production of new 14C in the atmosphere just balances the natural radioactive decay of 14C.
E) All of the above

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