Question

The escape velocity from planet earth is 11,184.7258 meters per second. If a rocket ship reaches this speed and maintains it then neglects the need to slow down prior to landing how many hours would it take the rocket ship to reach the moon? Average Distance from moon= 238,855miles

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation

As the distance between the earth and the moon is 386400 x 10³ m, we have that the time taken to reach the moon would be equivalent to the distance of moon from earth / speed of ship = 386400 x 10³ / 11184.7258 = 34.5471 x 10³ s

Now, we need to represent this value in hour units by applying the unitary method:

`\text{?hours}=34.5471x10^3s\cdot(1\min)/(60s)\cdot\frac{1\text{hour}}{60\min }=9.596\text{ hours}`

In conclusion, It will take 9.596 hours to reach the moon.