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posted by  LilLinzLo on 2/6/2008 12:01:33 AM  |  status: Live  

PROB SUPER EASY...BUT IM STUCK...PLEASE HELP!

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The ocean's leveL is currently rising at about 1.5 mm per year.  If this rate remained the same, not increasing, show that it would take 2,000 years for the sea level to be 3 meters higher thans it is now.
 
 
*how would i show this...by graph or by simple math??
 
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posted by jamieneutron on 2/6/2008 12:10:30 AM  |  status: Live
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All you have to do is set up a simple ratio. 1.5mm is .0015m.



(.0015m)(2000yrs) = (x m)(1 year)


divide by 1 year and you get 3m.

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