Question

The moon competes it’s orbit around the earth approximately once every 27.3 days the distance traveled by the moon to complete its orbit is about 2.41 million km what is the average speed of the moon as it resolves around the earth in km/h

Answer 1

3678.266 km/hour.

Explanation:

Given:

The moon competes it’s orbit around the earth approximately once every 27.3 days

The distance traveled by the moon to complete its orbit is about 2.41 million km

Question asked:

What is the average speed of the moon as it resolves around the earth in km/h ?

Solution:

By using time and distance formula:

The moon competes it’s orbit around the earth in = 27.3 days (time)

First convert it into hours, 1 day = 24 hours

27.3 days = 24
`*`27.3 = 655.2 hours

The distance traveled by the moon to complete its orbit = 2.41 million km

Average speed of the moon = distance traveled divided by time taken

`speed = (distance)/(time) \\`

=
`(2410000)/(655.2) \\`

= 3678.266 km/hour

Therefore, average speed of the moon is 3678.266 km/hour.