Question

In the future, a spaceship has traveled three percent of the distance to a space station. If the ship has traveled 2.9 x 10^7 miles so far, how much further does the ship have to travel to its destination?

Answer 1

`9.38 * 10^8 miles`

Step-by-step explanation:

The spaceship has traveled 3% of the distance to a space station and it has traveled
`2.9 * 10^7` miles.

Let the total distance from the ship's starting point to the space station be x.

This means that:

`(3)/(100) * x = 2.9 * 10^7\\\\=> x = (2.9 * 10^7 * 100 )/(3) \\\\x = 9.67 * 10^8 miles`

The total distance to be traveled is
`9.67 * 10^8 miles`.

Therefore, the distance left to travel is:

`9.67 * 10^8 - 2.9 * 19^7\\\\= 9.38 * 10^8 miles`