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Calculate the Average Rate of Pacific Plate Motion in Centimetres

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Calculate the average rate of Pacific plate motion in centimetres per year relative to the Hawaii-Emperor hot spot between Suiko Seamount (65 million years)and Hawaii (0 million years)the Pacific plate, if they are taken to be about 6000 kilometres apart? How does this value compare to the East Pacific Rise spreading rates cited earlier?


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