SOLUTION: Venus orbits the Sun in a roughly circular path of radius 67 million miles, over the course of 224.7 Earth days. Find the linear speed of Venus in miles per hour as it orbits the S

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Question 1077738: Venus orbits the Sun in a roughly circular path of radius 67 million miles, over the course of 224.7 Earth days. Find the linear speed of Venus in miles per hour as it orbits the Sun.
Can someone please help me with this? Thanks.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(missed seeing "...path of radius..."


1 day is 24 hours.
Can you make the conversion?
Answer by ikleyn(52905)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Venus orbits the Sun in a roughly circular path of radius 67 million miles, over the course of 224.7 Earth days.
Find the linear speed of Venus in miles per hour as it orbits the Sun.
Can someone please help me with this? Thanks.
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The length of the circular orbit is  =  miles.


The linear speed of Venus in miles per hour as it orbits the Sun is

 miles per day, or

 miles per hour.

Use your calculator.

The solution by "josgarithmetic" is WRONG.



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