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Chapter 2: Q8PE (page 82)

Land west of the San Andreas fault in southern California is moving at an average velocity of about 6cm/y northwest relative to land east of the fault. Los Angeles is west of the fault and may thus someday be at the same latitude as San Francisco, which is east of the fault. How far in the future will this occur if the displacement to be made is590km northwest, assuming the motion remains constant?

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9.83x106鈥�y

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01

Given Data

  • Speed of the drift=6鈥塩尘/测=0.06x10鈭�3鈥塳尘/测.
  • Distance of the drift =590鈥�km .
02

Speed of the drift

How much distance is traveled in a given time can be used to determine the speed.

Speed does not need a direction to express it. It is a scalar quantity.

Time=DistanceSpeed

Substituting values in the above expression, we get:

T=590鈥塳尘0.06脳10鈭�3鈥塳尘/测T=9,833,333.33鈥�y

Hence in 9.83x106鈥�y, they will be 590km apart from each other.

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