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

Answer:

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

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

   The  speed is  $v  = 540.00 \ km /hr  =  \frac{540 *1000}{3600} =  150\  m/s$

    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

     $t =  \frac{d}{v}$

=>   $t = \frac{5.9*10^{11}}{150}$

=>   $t =  3.933*10^{9}$

Converting to years

   $1 year  \to  3.154*10^7 \  s$

    $x \  years  \to 3.933*10^{9}$

=>  $x = \frac{ 3.933*10^{9} * 1 }{ 3.154 *10^7}$

=>    $x = 125 \  years$