Question

Ondrea could drive a Jetson's flying car at a constant speed of 540.0 km/hr across oceans and space, approximately how long would she take to drive from the Sun to Pluto in years? (Assume Pluto is at its average distance of 5.9 × 109 km from the Sun)

Answer 1

Answer:

The time taken in years is   $x = 125 \ years$

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

   The  speed is  $v = 540.00 \ km /hr = \frac{540 *1000}{3600} = 150\ m/s$

    The distance from the sun to Pluto is  $d = 5.9*10^{9} \ k m = 5.9*10^9 * 1000 = 5.9*10^{12} \ m$

Generally the time  taken is mathematically represented as

     $t = \frac{d}{v}$

=>   $t = \frac{5.9*10^{11}}{150}$

=>   $t = 3.933*10^{9}$

Converting to years

   $1 year \to 3.154*10^7 \ s$

    $x \ years \to 3.933*10^{9}$

=>  $x = \frac{ 3.933*10^{9} * 1 }{ 3.154 *10^7}$

=>    $x = 125 \ years$