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The greenland ice sheet contains 2,850,000 cubic kilometers of ice. it is melting at a rate of .006% per year. how many cubic kilometers are lost each year?

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Answer: 171 km³ per year.
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{ Note: This is the answer for which you seek. However, this is the "amount" lost in the first year. For the second year, you would calculate 0.006% of
"171 km³ " to find out how the amount of ice lost in the second year.}.
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Step-by-step explanation:
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0.006% = 0.006/ 100 = 0.00006 ;

0.00006 * 2,850,000 km³ = 171 km³ per year.
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