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What is the difference between relative dating and radioactive dating? Relative dating provides a range of age but radioactive dating provides a specific age. Radioactive dating uses the law of superposition but relative dating uses nuclear particles. Radioactive dating is used to produce nuclear energy but relative dating is used for age analysis. Relative dating studies the decay of particles but radioactive dating compares age with a known event in tim

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Answer: Relative dating provides a range of age but radioactive dating provides a specific age

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The answer is A,

My Science teacher answered this exact question during our Discussion based assessment.

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