Which of the following is not a true statement?
A) Carbon-14 is used to date materials younger than 50,000 in age
B) Rubidium-87 is used to date materials older than 10,000 years in age
C) Rubidium-87 is used to date materials younger than 10,000 years in age
D) Carbon-14 would not be used to date materials that are millions or billions of years old because there would not be enough daughter isotopes left to measure

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Rubidium-87 has a half-life of 49 billion years, making it suitable for dating very old geological materials, not those younger than 10,000 years. Carbon-14, with a much shorter half-life, is used for more recent materials.

Which of the Following Is Not a True Statement