Question

The Greenland Ice Sheet contains 2,850,000 cubic kilometers of ice. It is melting at a rate of .006% per year. How many cubic kilometers are lost each year?

Answer 1

Answer:

171 cubic kilometers

Explanation:

IN order to solve this we just have to make a simple rule of three, where the 2,850,000 cubic kilometers will be the 100% and we want to calculate how many cubic kilometers will ,006% be:

$\frac{2,850,000}{100}= \frac{x}{,006}\\ x=\frac{2,850,000*,006}{100}\\ x= 171$

So every year the Greenland Ice Sheet looses 171 cubic kilometers of ice.

Answer 2

 171 km³ per year. 
0.006% = 0.006/ 100 = 0.00006 ;

0.00006 * 2,850,000 km³ = 171 km³  per year.