How many kilometers will an average plate have moved during the lifetime of
an 80yrs old person?
80 years X blank per year=blank cm= blank km
Are you asking about a dinner plate or a tectonic plate?
plate tectonics
Tectonic plates move apart at approximately 2.5 cm per year.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html
(80 * 2.5} / 100,000 = ?
80 years x ____ per year = ____ cm = ____ km
80 years x 4in per year = 800 cm = .008 km
To determine how many kilometers an average plate will have moved during the lifetime of an 80-year-old person, we need to know the average distance the plate moves per year.
Since you did not provide information about the plate or how much it moves in a year, I cannot give you an exact answer. However, I can walk you through the process of calculating it.
1. Determine the average distance the plate moves per year:
If you have data on how much the plate moves on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, you can calculate the average distance by dividing the total distance moved by the number of days, weeks, or months in a year. For example, if you know the plate moves 1 cm per day, multiply that by 365 (days in a year) to get the average distance per year.
2. Convert centimeters to kilometers:
Once you have the annual distance in centimeters, you need to convert it to kilometers. Since there are 100,000 centimeters in a kilometer, divide the annual distance in centimeters by 100,000 to convert it to kilometers.
3. Calculate the total distance over 80 years:
Multiply the average distance per year (in kilometers) by 80 to calculate the total distance the plate will have moved during the lifetime of an 80-year-old person.
Without specific information on how much the plate moves each year, it is impossible to provide an accurate answer.