Question

As mercury revolves around the sun, it travels at a speed of approximately 30 miles per second. Convert this speed to kilometers per second. At this speed how many kilometers will Mercury travel in 2 seconds ? In your computations, assume that 1 mile is equal to 1.6 kilometers.

Answer 1

30*1.6 = 48 km per second

48 * 2 = 96 kilometres

Answer 2

The speed of Mercury around the Sun in kilometers/second is 48 kilometers/second.

In 2  seconds, Mercury will travel 96 kilometers.

What is the speed of an object?

The speed of an object is the ratio of the distance travelled by the object to the time taken by the object to travel that distance.

Given, the speed of Mercury around the Sun is 30 miles/second.

Therefore, the speed of Mercury around the Sun in kilometers/second

= (30 × 1.6) kilometers/second

= 48 kilometers/second

Now, in 2  seconds, Mercury will travel

= 48 × 2 kilometers

= 96 kilometers

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