SOLUTION: if it takes 3 days for a space vehicle to travel from earth to the moon. how long will it take same vehicle at same speed to travel to jupiter. earth is 240,000 miles and jupiter

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Question 484097: if it takes 3 days for a space vehicle to travel from earth to the moon. how long will it take same vehicle at same speed to travel to jupiter. earth is 240,000 miles and jupiter is 390,000,000 from earth
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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if it takes 3 days for a space vehicle to travel from earth to the moon.
how long will it take same vehicle at same speed to travel to jupiter.
earth is 240,000 miles and jupiter is 390,000,000 from earth
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Let d = no. of days to Jupiter
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A ratio equation
d%2F3 = 390000000%2F240000
Reduces to
d%2F3 = 39000%2F24
cross multiply
24d = 3(39000)
24d = 117000
d = 117000%2F24
d = 4,875 days to go to Jupiter, that's about 13 yrs, 4 months

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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At that speed, it would take 884,000 years to go to the nearest star (other than the sun).