If the pacific plate has moved 500 km in the last 4.7 million years, calculate its average velocity in centimeters per year.

Based on the distance moved in all those years, the average velocity in centimeters per year is 10.64 cm.

First thing to do is to convert the distance to centimeters. 1km to centimeters is 100,000 centimeters.

500 km is therefore:

= 500 x 100,000

= 50,000,000 cm

The average velocity is:

= Distance moved / Number of years

= 50,000,000 / 4,700,000

= 10.64 cm per year

The average velocity is 10.64 cm per year.

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In order to find the answer to this question you must:

1. Divide the total change, and the total time to takes to change together.

2. Then you should have your answer!

Equation for velocity:

So the CP (Change of Position) would be 500 km since how that is the amount it moved in the last 4.7 million years, and the TT (Time it Took) would be 4.7 million or 4,700,000,000 since how that's how long it took to move 500 km. So,

Round to the nearest tenth:

So the answer would be "0.8 centimeters."

Hope this helps!

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