Wallace Creek Has Been Offset By 130.0 meters ( 430 feet) to the right along the fault. The age of the stream deposits indicates that this offset began 3700 years ago. calculate the average rate of movement along this segment of the fault in centimeters per year.

(A) total offset in centimeters : ?

(B) Average offset per year: ?

a)13000

b)3.51

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To calculate the average rate of movement along this segment of the fault in centimeters per year, we can use the given offset and time values.

(A) To find the total offset in centimeters, we convert the given offset of 130.0 meters (430 feet) to centimeters:

130.0 meters = 130.0 × 100 centimeters = 13,000 centimeters

Therefore, the total offset in centimeters is 13,000 cm.

(B) To find the average offset per year, we divide the total offset by the number of years:

Average offset per year = Total offset / Number of years

Average offset per year = 13,000 cm / 3700 years

Calculating this, we get:

Average offset per year ≈ 3.51 cm/year

Therefore, the average rate of movement along this segment of the fault is approximately 3.51 centimeters per year.

To calculate the average rate of movement along the segment of the fault, we need to determine the total offset in centimeters and then divide it by the number of years.

(A) To find the total offset in centimeters, we first need to convert the given offset from feet to centimeters.

1 foot is approximately equal to 30.48 centimeters. Therefore, 430 feet is equal to 430 * 30.48 = 13,118.4 centimeters.

So, the total offset in centimeters is 13,118.4 centimeters.

(B) To calculate the average offset per year, we divide the total offset by the number of years.

Average offset per year = Total offset / Number of years

The total offset is 13,118.4 centimeters, and the number of years is 3700.

Therefore, the average offset per year = 13,118.4 / 3700 = 3.54712 centimeters per year (rounded to five decimal places).

So, the average rate of movement along this segment of the fault is approximately 3.54712 centimeters per year.