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Which of the following would likely be the most helpful for determining the age of a fossil in a certain layer of rock?

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measure the amount of certain radioactive elements in the rock when rocks are formed, small amounts of radioactive elements usually get included as the rock ages, more and more of the uranium changes into lead.

My dad if this doesn’t help
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