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In your own words, explain how the precise timing of an element's radioactive decay helps scientists find the actual age of a material?

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Precise time of an element's radioactive decay can be studied with the help of amount of Carbon on the body. By measuring and comparing the amount of Carbon on the body, Scientists interpret, & can calculate the actual age of an object

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