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TIME CRUNCH PLEASE HELP ASAP

Which statement is true about relative dating and radioactive dating?

A. Both use laboratory techniques to find exact age

B. Both use method of superposition

C. Both compare rocks to the Earth layer they were found in

D. Both compare the object to an event in history

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Answer:

D. both compare to an event in history.

Step-by-step explanation:

Took the FLVS test

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Relative datingThe process of determining whether an object or event is older or younger than other objects or events.
Radiometric datingFinding the absolute age of a sample by determining the relative percentages of a radioactive parent isotope and stable daughter isotope

Answer is D:BOTH COMPARE THE OBJECT TO AN EVENT IN HISTORY.
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