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Given information
Given in the equation that,
The thickness of the Antarctic ice sheet 
We need to determine the pressure on the mountains underneath the Antarctic ice sheet.
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
Ice is weighed in proportion to the force exerted on it.
Force exerted on the ice is,
represents the mass of the ice and 
represents gravity's acceleration.Pressure can be defined as the force per unit area.
Area covered by the ice.
Volume of the ice 
Thickness of the iceArea covered by the ice can be calculated as,
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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922
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- Problem 73a
- Problem 73b
- Problem 74a
- Problem 74b
- Problem 74c
- Problem 75
- Problem 76
- Problem 77a
- Problem 77b
- Problem 77c
- Problem 77d
- Problem 77e
- Problem 78
- Problem 79
- Problem 80
- Problem 81
- Problem 82
- Problem 83
- Problem 84
- Problem 85
- Problem 86
- Problem 87
- Problem 88
- Problem 89a
- Problem 89b
- Problem 89c
- Problem 90
- Problem 91
- Problem 92
- Problem 93
- Problem 94
- Problem 95
- Problem 96
- Problem 97
- Problem 98a
- Problem 98a
- Problem 98b
- Problem 99