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If a tectonic plate moves 4 cm per year how many kilometers would it move in 1 million years?
Wiki User
∙ 6y ago
100000/3 years, or approximately 33,333.33 years
1 km = 1000 m and 1 m = 100 cm, so
1 km=1000 m = 100000 cm
Distance=rate*time, so time=distance/rate.
time= 100000 cm/(3 cm/yr)=100000/3 years, or approximately 33,333.33 years
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∙ 14y ago
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