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06-11-2019
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A geologist noticed that land along a fault line moved 24.8 centimeters over the past 175 years. On average, how much did the land move each year?

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14-11-2019

Answer: 0.141 cm each year

Step-by-step explanation:

We can solve this by a Rule of three:

If

24.8 cm ---- 175 years

? ----- 1 year

Then:

[tex]?=\frac{(24.8 cm)(1 year)}{175 years}[/tex]

[tex]?=0.141 cm[/tex] This means the land moved on average 0.141 cm per year

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