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Ul the distance between Earth and the Sun). Answer in hours.) ifornia is g he Pacific Tectonic Plate and the North American Tectonic Plate San Franciss on the North American plate, whereas Los Angeles is located on the Pacific plate. ocated Also, San Francisco is due north of Los Angeles. Relative to the North American plate the Pacific plate moves northwest at an average rate of approximately 1 cm/year. Gi distance between Los Angeles and San Francisco is 560 km, determine the time required for the two cities to be at the same latitude due to tectonic plate motion. (State the result in years.) In addition, determine the distance between San Francisco and Los Angeles when the two cities are at the same latitude.Explanation / Answer
a)
distance between san fransico and LA = 560km = 5600000 cm
rate of movement = 1cm/yr
so, both the cities will be on same latitute in T amount of time, which is, T= 5600000 / 1 = 5600000 years
b)
the distance between both the cities at the same latitude will be equal to their perpendicular distance from the san andreas fault today, which is almost Nil because both the cities lie almost on the fault So they will be almost on the same point after they are on same latitude
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