Question

Mercury's orbit around the Sun is roughly a distance of 223,679,248 miles and take about 88 days to complete.Write a unit rate of speed that describes how far Mercury moves in a day

Answer 1

We are given

Distance =223,679,248 miles

so, we get

`D=223,679,248 miles`

Total time to complete is 88 days

so, we get

`T=88 days`

now, we can find speed

we know that

speed = distance / time

`s=(D)/(T)`

now, we can plug values

and we get

`s=(223679248)/(88)`

`s=2541809.6363mile/day`.............Answer