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stealth61 [152]
3 years ago
6

Why is the speed of the earths plate measured in centimeter per year instead of in meter per second?

Physics
1 answer:
Nutka1998 [239]3 years ago
5 0
Just to get a more convenient number.

  1 centimeter per year is the same as 0.000000000317 meter per second.

Measured in centimeters per year, you get a number that's much easier
to write down, remember, and tell other people about.

Exactly the same reason that we describe the speed of a snail in
feet per minute, not miles per hour.
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