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Which statement accurately describes radioactive dating? Geologists use only one type of radioactive dating. Geologists compare parent and daughter elements to determine rock type. Geologists measure how stable parent elements decay into daughter elements. Geologists determine half-life as radioactive elements get trapped in rock and break down over time

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D. as the geologists use the half life of the radioactive elements present in the rocks to estimate the age of rock.

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The answer is "Geologists determine half-life as radioactive elements get trapped I rock and break down over time"

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