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📅 NSB 2018🎓 MS🔄 Round 13#️⃣ Question 6🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Assuming Pratt isostasy [eye-SAW-stah-see] and giving your answer in kilometers, calculate the height of a mountain range with a mean crustal density of 2500 kilograms per cubic meter if it is in isostatic equilibrium with an adjacent, sea-level plain that is 20 kilometers thick and has a density of 2700 kilograms per cubic meter?

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