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3 years ago

Why was the idea of continental drift not initially accepted by many other scientists and the general public at the time?

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<span>Beyond the philosophical objections there was also initially a very serious question about what force would be sufficiently large to continue pushing large plates of rock. The original proposer of the modern theory, Wegener, has not compelling answer to this question. We now know there are convection currents in the earth mantle under the continental plates that provide such a force.</span>

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Average speed is defined as the ratio of total distance covered in total given time

$speed = \frac{distance}{time}$

here we know that total distance that man moved is

$d_1 = 200 km$

$d_2 = 100 km$

so total distance is

$d = d_1 + d_2$

$d = 200 km + 100 km$

$d = 300 km$

now here total time of the motion is

$t_1 = 6 hours$

$t_2 = 4 hours$

total time will be given as

$t = t_1 + t_2$

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now by above formula

$v_{avg} = \frac{300}{10}$

$v_{avg} = 30 km/h$

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where
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$T=473.15 K$ is the temperature in our problem
$z=2$ is the number of electrons transferred in the cell's reaction
$F=9.65\cdot 10^4 C/mol$ is the Faraday's constant
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