Question

Ondrea could drive a Jetson's flying car at a constant speed of 540.0 km/hr across oceans and space, approximately how long would she take to drive from the Sun to Pluto in years? (Assume Pluto is at its average distance of 5.9 × 109 km from the Sun)

Answer 1

The time taken in years is
`x = 125 \  years`

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

The speed is
`v  = 540.00 \ km /hr  =  (540 *1000)/(3600) =  150\  m/s`

The distance from the sun to Pluto is
`d =  5.9*10^(9) \  k m =  5.9*10^9 * 1000 =  5.9*10^(12) \  m`

Generally the time taken is mathematically represented as

`t =  (d)/(v)`

=>
`t = (5.9*10^(11))/(150)`

=>
`t =  3.933*10^(9)`

Converting to years

`1 year  \to  3.154*10^7 \  s`

`x \  years  \to 3.933*10^(9)`

=>
`x = ( 3.933*10^(9) * 1 )/( 3.154 *10^7)`

=>
`x = 125 \  years`