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Description: Thanks to recent satellite data, we know that the North American continent is drifting westward at a speed of about 1cm/yr. We can assume that the solid part of a continent is about 50 kilometers thick. Estimate the kinetic energy that the continenta

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Thanks to recent satellite data, we know that the North American continent is drifting westward at a speed of about 1cm/yr. We can assume that the solid part of a continent is about 50 kilometers thick. Estimate the kinetic energy that the continental US has as a result of this motion.

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