67 8. In 1986, a gargantuan iceberg broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It was approximately a rectangle 200 km long, 35.0 km wide, and 250 m thick. How many years would it take sunlight alone to melt ice this thick, if the ice absorbs an average of 110 W/m2, 13.00 h per day?40.749 The density of ice=917 kg/m3, heat of fusion of ice%3D3.34*10^5 J/kg Sea level pressure3D1.01*10^5 N/m2

67 8. In 1986, a gargantuan iceberg broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It was approximately a rectangle 200 km long, 35.0 km wide, and 250 m thick. How many years would it take sunlight alone to melt ice this thick, if the ice absorbs an average of 110 W/m2, 13.00 h per day?40.749 The density of ice=917 kg/m3, heat of fusion of ice%3D3.3410^5 J/kg Sea level pressure3D1.0110^5 N/m2

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8. In 1986, a gargantuan iceberg broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It
was approximately a rectangle 200 km long, 35.0 km wide, and 250 m thick.
How many years would it take sunlight alone to melt ice this thick, if the ice absorbs an
average of 110 W/m2, 13.00 h per day?40.749
The density of ice=917 kg/m3, heat of fusion of ice%3D3.34*10^5 J/kg
Sea level pressure3D1.01*10^5 N/m2

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