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Contrast relative-age dating with absolute-age dating.

Contrast relative-age dating with absolute-age dating.-example-1
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Absolute dating is more precise than relative age dating

Step-by-step explanation:

Relative age Dating

It is relative and hence is less precise

It is not scientific but more of observational nature where the age of the fossil is determined by looking at the position of the rock layers.

Shows relative order in which the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest lies at the top

Absolute age Dating

It determines the numeric age of fossil in numbers and hence it is more precise

Scientific in nature as the age is determined by using radiometric dating

Used in rocks that have isotopes

using radiometric dating.

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