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How can fossils be used to determine the relative ages of rock layers?

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Answer:

they use radiometric dating methods (find out what day it was formed)

Step-by-step explanation:

based on the natural radioactive decay of certain elements such as potassium and carbon, as reliable clocks to date ancient events.

how it reacts to certain chemicals can determine how old it is

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