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Earth orbits the sun at an average speed of 29.79 kilometers per second. Find how long it take, to the nearest hundredth of a second, for earth to travel 500 kilometers
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Earth orbits the sun at an average speed of 29.79 kilometers per second. Find how long it take, to the nearest hundredth of a second, for earth to travel 500 kilometers

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Answer:

16.78 seconds

Explanation:

speed = Distance Traveled / time

thus speed =29.79 Km/sec

time =distance Traveled/speed (from above formula)

time taken=500 km ÷ 29.79 Km/sec

∴time taken=16.78 seconds

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