Question

some of the apollo missions transported astronauts from earth to moon. the travel time was about 3 days and about 385,000 kilometers. what is the average speed of the trip in miles per hour

Answer 1

3,322.609847222222 mph. First covert miles to km. This distance is 239227.909 miles. then divide this by the number of hours which is number of days times 24. It took 3 days so it is 72 hours. After diving 239227.909/72 you get your answer of 3,322.609847222222 mph