Glasiers sometimes advance 20m in one year
Express this speed in m/s and in cm/day
Distance $s = 20m$
Time $t = 1year$
Average speed $v = \frac{s}{s}$ m / year
There are 3600 seconds x 24 hour x 365.24 days seconds in one year
There are 100 cm in 1 m
Distance = 20
Time_y = 1
Time = 1 * 3600 * 24 * 365.24
Speed = Distance / Time # in m per second
Speed_cm_d = (Speed * 100 * 3600 * 24)
# limit to 2 significant figures as distance is given in 2 significants too
print(f'The speed of the glasier is {Speed:.1e} m/s')
print(f'Im cm per day is this {Speed_cm_d:.1f} cm/d')