Question

commercial airliners cruise at about 940 km/hour (about 585 mph). the distance between earth and earth's moon is approximately 384,400 km. if you were to take a commercial airliner the moon, how many days would this journey take? round your answer to two decimal places.

Answer 1

To travel from Earth to the Moon on a commercial airliner, it would take approximately 17.06 days.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the time it would take to travel from Earth to the Moon on a commercial airliner, we need to divide the distance between the two by the speed of the airliner. The distance to the Moon is approximately 384,400 km while the commercial airliner cruises at a speed of 940 km/hour. So, the time taken would be:

Time = Distance / Speed = 384,400 km / 940 km/hour

Calculating this, we find that the journey would take approximately 409.36 hours. To convert this to days, we divide by 24 hours per day:

Time (in days) = 409.36 hours / 24 hours per day = 17.06 days. Rounded to two decimal places, the journey would take about 17.06 days.