Answer:
The time, t it will take LA and San Francisco to be next to each other is 8,245,614.04 years which is over 8 million years
Step-by-step explanation:
The given parameters are;
The speed with which the pacific plate moved northward relative to the North American plate = 5.7 cm/year = 5.7 × 10⁻⁵ km/year
The distance between current LA and San Francisco = 470 km
From the formula for speed, s, we have
Speed = Distance/Time
Therefore, Time, t = Distance/Speed
The time, t it will take LA and San Francisco to be next to each other is given as follows;
t = (Distance between LA and San Francisco)/(The speed with which the pacific plate)
t = (470 km)/(5.7 cm/year) = 470/(5.7 × 10⁽⁻⁵⁾) = 8245614.04 years
Therefore, the time, t it will take LA and San Francisco to be next to each other is 8245614.04 years.
