Question

As Jupiter revolves around the sun, it travels at a speed of approximately 8 miles per second. Convert this speed to miles per minute. At this speed, how many miles will Jupiter travel in 6 minutes? Do not round your answers.

speed: __ miles/minutes ?

distance traveled in 6 minutes: __ miles ?

Answer 1

Thus; Jupiter travels at 480 miles/m and in 6 minutes, it will travel 2880 miles.

Explanation:

First to convert it you need to multiply 8 miles per second by 60 seconds because there are 60 seconds in a minute:

8 miles x 60 s

1 second 1 min

The unit of seconds will cancel out so you will get 480 miles/ min

To get how far it travels in 6 min you need to multiply the speed by 6 minutes

480 miles x 6 min = 2880

1 min

The unit of minutes will cancel out to get 2880 miles