Antarctica is roughly semicircular, with a radius of about r = 1950 km (see figure below). The average thickness of its ice cover is h = 3050 m. How many cubic centimeters of ice does Antarctica contain? (Ignore the curvature of Earth.) |cm3

Antarctica is roughly semicircular, with a radius of about r = 1950 km (see figure below). The average thickness of its ice cover is h = 3050 m. How many cubic centimeters of ice does Antarctica contain? (Ignore the curvature of Earth.) |cm3

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