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What is the difference between relative dating and radioactive dating? (PLSSS HELP THIS IS DUE!)

A). Relative dating provides a range of age but radioactive dating provides a specific age.

B). Radioactive dating uses the law of superposition but relative dating uses nuclear particles.

C). Radioactive dating is used to produce nuclear energy but relative dating is used for age analysis.

D). Relative dating studies the decay of particles but radioactive dating compares age with a known event in time.

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Answer:A.
Explication:radioactive can give you a more exact age rather than relative,which gives you more of a roundabout range
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Answer:

(A). Relative dating provides a range of age but radioactive dating provides a specific age.

Step-by-step explanation:

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