SOLUTION: Solve. Write the answer in scientific notation.
Our galaxy is estimated to be 5.6 × 10^19 miles across. How many years would it take a spaceship traveling at 53,000 miles per h
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Question 1204224: Solve. Write the answer in scientific notation.
Our galaxy is estimated to be 5.6 × 10^19 miles across. How many years would it take a spaceship traveling at 53,000 miles per hour to cross the galaxy? (Round the decimal value to one decimal place.)
Found 4 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn, mananth, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Convert mi/hr to miles/year, then divide.
Answer by ikleyn(52908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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= 1.2E+11 years.
It is about 24 times as long as the Sun does exist as a star.
And about 27 times as long as the Earth does exist as a planet.
It is so long, that at the end of this travel / (journey), the Sun will just burn completely and will go out.
It is so long, that you have more than enough time to complete all your deals in this world.
Me too.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Our galaxy is estimated to be 5.6 × 10^19 miles across. How many years would it take a spaceship traveling at 53,000 miles per hour to cross the galaxy? (Round the decimal value to one decimal place.)
5.6 × 10^19/ 5.3*10^4
= 5.6*10^15/5.3
=1.056*10^15
=1.1*10^15
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
, speed
, distance
Time in hours:
The question asked for YEARS.
You do that and if you want use these for the time units conversion:
24 hours per day
7 days per week
52 weeks per year
Other computation ways are possible.
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