Using proportions, it is found that it will take Voyager 2 82,900 years from its location to travel to the second closest star.
<h3>What is a proportion?</h3>
A proportion is a fraction of a total amount, and the measures are related using a rule of three. Due to this, relations between variables, either direct or inverse proportional, can be built to find the desired measures in the problem.
In this problem, the Voyager 2 travels 15.4 km/s. In kilometers per year, considering that one hour has 3600 seconds, the measure is given by:
15.4 x 365 x 24 x 3600 = 485,654,400 km/year.
The distance to Proxima Centauri in km is given by:
d = |1.93 x 10^10 km - 4.24 x 9.5 x 10^12 km| = 4.02607 x 10^13 km.
Hence the time in years is given by:
t = d/v = 4.02607 x 10^13/485,654,400 = 82,900.
It will take Voyager 2 82,900 years from its location to travel to the second closest star.
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