Question

The Saturn V's rocket has a tank that can carry 770,158 Liters of fuel. If the rocket burns up fuel at a rate of 1,832 gallons per 20 hours, how many minutes can it travel in space using fuel? Put your answer as a whole number of minutes.

Answer 1

The Saturn V rocket can travel in space for approximately 2,952 minutes using its fuel.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Saturn V rocket has a tank that can carry 770,158 Liters of fuel. To find out how many minutes the rocket can travel in space using fuel, we first need to convert the fuel burn rate from gallons per 20 hours to liters per minute. 1 gallon is equal to approximately 3.785 liters. So, the rocket burns fuel at a rate of (1,832 gallons / 20 hours) × (3.785 liters / 1 gallon) × (1 hour / 60 minutes), which is approximately 260.96 liters per minute. Now, we can calculate the time the rocket can travel in space using the fuel. Dividing the total fuel capacity of 770,158 liters by the fuel burn rate of 260.96 liters per minute gives us a total travel time of approximately 2,952 minutes.