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21 September, 19:24

The North American and European plates of the

Earth's crust are drifting apart with a relative speed of

about 25 mm/yr. Take the speed as constant and find when

the rift between them started to open, to reach a current

width of 2.9 x 10^3 mi.

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  1. 21 September, 19:42
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    Distance = speed/time

    width/distance given is 2.9*10^3 miles

    1 mile=1.6*10^6mm

    total distance now is 2.9*1.6*10^9

    speed is 25 mm/yr

    plug the values,

    therefore the rift takes approximately 185600000 years for a width of 2.9 x 10^3 mi.
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