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If a plate is moving 3.3 cm/yr, what distance [in kilometers (km)] will the plate move in 1 million years?

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33 km

3.3cm = 0.000033km (divide by 100,000.

So, 0.000033km/yr.

0.000033 × 1,000,000

=33km

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