Question

Santa has to cover 122,000,000 mile journey to deliver gifts to all children of the world and has 31 hours to do it if we consider all the time zones. Based on this information how fast would santa need to travel in order to deliver presents.

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Answer 1

Answer: 3,935,400 mph

Explanation:

`\Delta t = (x(distance))/(v(velocity)) \\\\31(hours) =(122,000,000(miles))/(3,935,400(mph))`

Hence, the velocity needed for Santa to travel 122,000,000 miles in 31 hours is 3,935,400 mph.