Chapter 8, Problem 24E

Europe and North America are moving apart by about 5 m per century. As the continents separate, new ocean floor is created along the mid-Atlantic Rift. If the rift is 5000 km long, what is the total area of new ocean floor created in the Atlantic each century? (Remember that $\text{1 km}=\text{1}000\text{ m}$ .)