document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=263424>Question 263424</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Voyager 2 traveled approximately 4.4 billion miles in 2.0 years.  What was the average speed in m/s?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I converted years to seconds...63072000 seconds for 2 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and then I divided 4.4e-10 by 63072000.  The answer I got was 7e-18 I rounded to one significant figure. it was wrong....can you help? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #194130 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=194130\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> billion is 1000 million<BR>\n" );
document.write( "million is 10^6 and billion is 10^9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*365*24*60*60=6.3072*10^7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.4*10^9/6.3072*10^7=69.7615 miles per second<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r=d/t\r<BR>\n" );
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