A student reads two passages on the same historical event — one written by a participant and one written by a historian fifty years later. Which statement best describes an advantage the historian's account has over the participant's account?
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A
The historian can include personal emotions that make the account more vivid
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B
The historian benefits from temporal distance, access to multiple sources, and reduced personal bias
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C
The historian's account is automatically more accurate because it is longer
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D
The participant's account is always less reliable because memory fades over time