SOLUTION: A glacier moves with a speed of 40 nm/s. How many years would it take for the glacier to move 0.75 km? Assume there are 365 days in a year. Answer in units of y.

Question 401476: A glacier moves with a speed of 40 nm/s.
How many years would it take for the
glacier to move 0.75 km? Assume there are
365 days in a year.
Answer in units of y.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how many years would it take to move km at nm/sec?
km = m
m = nm
= ( nm)/( nm/sec)
This is time in seconds. To get time in years, convert sec to years
sec x hrs/sec x days/hr x yrs/day = yrs
sec = yrs
--------------------------------
= ( nm)/( nm/sec)
and
= ( nm)/( nm/sec)
sec
call the left side in sec
sec
sec x yrs/sec
yrs
yrs
It would take 594 years
Whew! Hope I got it.

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