1. Europe and North America are moving apart at 2 cm per year. Find (or estimate) the width of the North Atlantic Ocean and determine how long ago the North Atlantic began to form. Use Wikipedia to find the size of the Atlantic.

Time of expansion:

WIDTH=2,848 kilometres (1,770 mi)

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1.	Europe and North America are moving apart at 2 cm per year. Find (or estimate) the width of the North Atlantic Ocean and determine how long ago the North Atlantic began to form. Use Wikipedia to find the size of the Atlantic.

Time of expansion:

WIDTH=2,848 kilometres (1,770 mi)

amistre64 · Answer

cute pic .... but this aint Wikipedia :)

amistre64 · Answer

if something is growing by 2 inches a year; then if we know its width now; we can backtrack to find how long it took to get there

amistre64 · Answer

Width today = 2(number of years to get there)

Width today
---------- = nuber of years it took to get there
       2

amistre64 · Answer

but first you need to convert to the same units of measure; since inches is not the same as miles or kilometers.

radar · Answer

2,848,000
---------- = a whole bunch  of years.
.02

amistre64 · Answer

.... i remember when we could just jump across the atlantic to invade the surds ;)

radar · Answer

That old, but you are not older than I

amistre64 · Answer

thats because I count my age modularly :)  while your age is simply linear ....

radar · Answer

and they say the world is getting smaller ???

radar · Answer

Isn't cm .01 m??

amistre64 · Answer

1/100th of a meter .... yeah, but without a british yardstick, I got no clue

radar · Answer

142,400,000 years

radar · Answer

and it seems like it was just yesterday!