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13. On a journey from Planet P to Venus, a rocket is

travelling at a constant speed. During this journey,
the rocket travels past the moon in 4 days. The
distance from Planet P to the moon is 4.8 x 105 km.
(i) Find the distance travelled by the rocket in
12 days. Give your answer in standard form.
(ii) Given that the distance between Planet P
and Venus is 4.8 x 107 km, find the time taken,
in days, for the journey.

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Answer:

1)1.44 x 10^6 km.

2)400 days

Step-by-step explanation:

(i) To find the distance traveled by the rocket in 12 days, we can use the concept of average speed. Since the rocket is traveling at a constant speed, we can assume it covers the same distance each day.

In 4 days, the rocket traveled from Planet P to the moon, a distance of 4.8 x 10^5 km. This means that in 1 day, the rocket traveled 4.8 x 10^5 km / 4 = 1.2 x 10^5 km.

To find the distance traveled in 12 days, we can multiply the distance traveled in 1 day by 12:

1.2 x 10^5 km * 12 = 1.44 x 10^6 km.

Therefore, the distance traveled by the rocket in 12 days is 1.44 x 10^6 km.

(ii) To find the time taken for the journey from Planet P to Venus, we can use the concept of average speed again. Since the rocket is traveling at a constant speed, we can assume it covers the same distance each day.

The distance between Planet P and Venus is 4.8 x 10^7 km. If the rocket covers this distance in a certain number of days, we can find the average speed by dividing the total distance by the number of days.

Let's assume the time taken for the journey is t days. We can set up the following equation:

Average speed = Total distance / Time taken

The average speed is the distance traveled in 1 day, which we found in part (i): 1.2 x 10^5 km.

Plugging in the values into the equation, we get:

1.2 x 10^5 km = 4.8 x 10^7 km / t

To solve for t, we can cross multiply and then divide:

1.2 x 10^5 km * t = 4.8 x 10^7 km

t = (4.8 x 10^7 km) / (1.2 x 10^5 km)

t = 4.8 x 10^7 km / 1.2 x 10^5 km

Simplifying the division, we get:

t = 400 days

Therefore, the time taken for the journey from Planet P to Venus is 400 days.

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