Answer:
Area = 25km² in a century.
Explanation:
Given
Spread Rate = 5m/century
Length of rift = 5000km
Convert to metres
Length of rift = 5000 * 1000m
Length of rift = 5,000,000m
In one century, the additional area to Atlantis = (Rift Length) * (Spread rate) * 1 century
Atea = 5,000,000 m * 5m/century * 1 century
Area = 25,000,000m² in a century
----- Convert to km²
Area = 25,000,000km² * 1m²/1,000,000km²
Area = 25km² in a century.
Hence, the total area of new ocean floor created in the Atlantic each century is 25km²
