Question

The average distance from Earth to the Moon is 384,000 km.

How many hours would it take, traveling at 800 kilometers per
hour (km/h)—the typical speed of jet aircraft—to reach the
Moon? How many days is this? How many months?

Answer 1

Answers:

1) Time it takes to travel to the moon

Velocity
`V` is defined as:

`V=(d)/(t)`

Where:

`d=384,000 km` is the average distance from Earth to the Moon

`V=800 km/h` is the velocity of the spacecraft

`t` the time

Isolating
`t`:

`t=(d)/(V)`

`t=(384,000 km)/(800 km/h)`

`t=480 h` This is the time in hours

2) Time in days

A day is equivalent to 24 hours:

`1 day= 24 h`

Hence:

`t=480 h ((1 day)/(24 h))`

`t=480 h ((1 day)/(24 h))=20 days` This is the time in days

3) Time in months

A month is equivalent to 30.4 days:

`1 month= 30.4 days`

Hence:

`t=480 h ((1 day)/(24 h))`

`t=20 days ((1 month)/(30.4 days))=0.65 months` This is the time in months