a glacier moves with a speed of 54m/s. how many years wold it take for the glacier to move 0.65 km? assume there are 365 days in a year
Check your speed again. Glaciers do not move that fast. And there are none in Anaheim. They melted long ago.
I am sure you have heard of the formula
distance = speed*time
Use it to compute the time, once you have the right speed number.
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typical glacier speeds are 2 to 20 meters per DAY.
To find how many years it would take for the glacier to move a distance of 0.65 km, we can use the formula:
Time = Distance / Speed
First, let's convert the speed from meters per second to kilometers per year. Since there are 365 days in a year, we need to convert the speed from meters per second to kilometers per day and then to kilometers per year.
Speed in km/year = Speed in m/s * (60 s/min * 60 min/hr * 24 hr/day) * (365 day/year) / (1000 m/km)
Speed in km/year = 54 m/s * (60 * 60 * 24) * 365 / 1000
Now, let's calculate the speed in km/year:
Speed in km/year = 54 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365 / 1000
Speed in km/year = 169,884 km/year
Now that we have the speed in km/year, we can find the time it would take for the glacier to move 0.65 km:
Time = Distance / Speed
Time = 0.65 km / 169,884 km/year
Now, let's calculate the time:
Time = 0.65 / 169,884
Time = 0.000003828 years
To convert this to days, we multiply by 365:
Time = 0.000003828 years * 365 days/year
Time ≈ 0.00139902 days
Therefore, it would take approximately 0.00139902 days (or about 1.39 milliseconds) for the glacier to move a distance of 0.65 km.