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A glacier advances at 3.7 × 10-6 cm/s. How far will it move in 44000 s? Answer in units of cm. How far will it move in 3.3 y? Answer in units of cm

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Final answer:

The glacier will move approximately 0.1628 cm in 44000 seconds and 0.3835 cm in 3.3 years.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the distance the glacier will move in a given time, we can use the formula: distance = speed × time.



For the first part, the glacier has a speed of 3.7 × 10-6 cm/s and the time is 44000 s. Using the formula, distance = (3.7 × 10-6 cm/s) × (44000 s) = 0.1628 cm.



For the second part, the time is 3.3 years. We can convert this to seconds by multiplying by 365 (days in a year) and 24 (hours in a day) and 60 (minutes in an hour) and 60 (seconds in a minute). So the time becomes 3.3 years × 365 days/year × 24 hours/day × 60 minutes/hour × 60 seconds/minute = 103852800 seconds. Using the formula, distance = (3.7 × 10-6 cm/s) × (103852800 s) = 0.3835 cm.

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