Chapter 18, Problem 10PEA

To determine

The rate of plate motion for each station 1 and station 2. The information in the below-shown table was collected by GPS stations on two different plates and for geographic position data, easting and northing are understood as x and y variables to find whether the stations located at a plate boundary are divergent or convergent.

Year	Station 1 Easting $\left(\text{m}\right)$	Station 1 Northing $\left(\text{m}\right)$	Station 2Easting $\left(\text{m}\right)$	Station 1 Northing $\left(\text{m}\right)$
$1995$	$12.000$	$12.005$	$1035.000$	$1405.000$
$2009$	$11.552$	$12.005$	$1035.406$	$1405.000$