How Wide Would an Ocean Basin Be If It Formed

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Essay

How wide would an ocean basin be if it formed due to the breakup of a supercontinent 200 million years ago and had an oceanic ridge in the middle that spread at a rate of 2.5 centimeters per year (25 kilometers per million years)?

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Definitions:

Price Supports

Government interventions in markets to establish or support the price of specific goods, often to ensure that farmers receive sufficient income.

Acreage Allotments

Regulatory measures that limit the amount of land that can be used for farming certain crops to control supply and stabilize market prices.

Price Supports

Government interventions to maintain the market price of a commodity at a certain level to encourage production and protect farmers.

Farm-Family Income

The combined income of all members of a family who reside on a farm, from both farming and non-farming sources.