Both Radiocarbon and Potassium-Argon Dating Share One Specific Problem That

question 57

Multiple Choice

Both radiocarbon and potassium-argon dating share one specific problem that makes these methods difficult to use.What is that problem?

• A)Both have short half-lives.
• B)Both have parents that are too rare to measure accurately.
• C)The half-lives of both are poorly known.
• D)Both produce daughters that are in a gaseous state.

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