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Assume that you can drive at a constant speed of 100 kilometers per hour. suppose you started driving from the sun. how long would it take, in years, to reach earth?
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Assume that you can drive at a constant speed of 100 kilometers per hour. suppose you started driving from the sun. how long would it take, in years, to reach earth?

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The Sun is 149.6 million kilometers from the earth.
There are 8760 hours in a year.
876000 km are traveled in a year
It would take 170.776 years to reach the sun, or 171 years rather
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