The distance between two continental shelves of the eastern coast of Greenland and the western coast of Norway is about 1300km. If Greenland separated from Norway 65 million years ago and their respective plates have been moving apart ever since at the same rate, find the average speed of each plate.  Please include detailed steps for how you solved so I know how to do this for other questions, thank you.

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