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The polar ice caps have a combined mass of about 2.55 x 1019 kg. If all of the ice in the polar ice caps melted, by how much time would the length of a day (Earth's rotational period) change? For simplicity, assume each ice cap is an identical thin solid disk with a radius of 5.90 x 105 m. Find the change both in seconds and as a percentage of duration of a day. change in time percent change S %

The polar ice caps have a combined mass of about 2.55 x 1019 kg. If all of the ice in the polar ice caps melted, by how much time would the length of a day (Earth's rotational period) change? For simplicity, assume each ice cap is an identical thin solid disk with a radius of 5.90 x 105 m. Find the change both in seconds and as a percentage of duration of a day. change in time percent change S %

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The polar ice caps have a combined mass of about 2.55 × 10¹9 kg. If all of the ice in the polar ice caps melted, by how much time would the length of a day (Earth's rotational period) change? For simplicity, assume each ice cap is an identical thin solid disk with a radius of 5.90 x 105 m. Find the change both in seconds and as a percentage of duration of a day. change in time percent change S %
Transcribed Image Text:The polar ice caps have a combined mass of about 2.55 × 10¹9 kg. If all of the ice in the polar ice caps melted, by how much time would the length of a day (Earth's rotational period) change? For simplicity, assume each ice cap is an identical thin solid disk with a radius of 5.90 x 105 m. Find the change both in seconds and as a percentage of duration of a day. change in time percent change S %
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