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document.write( "A certain mountain has an elevation of 19,196 ft. In 1912 a glacier on this peak covered 9 acres. By 2003 this glacier had only melted to 1 acre.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the constant rate that this glacier melts yearly? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2003-1912=91 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9-1=8 acres is the decrease in size.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore the reduction rate per year is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8/91=.088 acres per year is the constant rate of decline in the glaciers size.<BR>\n" );
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