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Carbon dating is best suited for determining the age of fossils of their age in years is of the order of

A

`10^(3)`

B

`10^(4)`

C

`10^(5)`

D

`10^(6)`

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B
Using carbon darting,samples of wood,charcoal,bones,and shells have been identified as having lived 1000 to 25000 years ago.
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