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How is a primary source different from a secondary source?

Primary sources are often eyewitness accounts; secondary sources have been researched and shaped.

Secondary sources are usually quite old; primary sources tend to be quite new.

Secondary sources are usually unreliable; primary sources are usually true.

Secondary sources are usually written; primary sources are usually filmed.

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Answer:

primary is from the person themself. secondary is somebody else writing about an event or person they are not or were not in.

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