In a speed of 17 miles per seconds how many hours does it take to travel 23900 miles?

Answer 1

First you have to so some conversion. The speed is in miles per second, and the question asks how many hours it will take to travel the distance. So you have to convert the speed to miles per hour. Then you can divide the distance of 23, 900 miles by that number and find out how many hours it will take to travel the distance. There are 60 seconds in a minute; 60 minutes in an hour. So there are 60 x 60 = 3600 seconds in one hour. A speed of 17 miles per second equates to 17 x 3600 = 61, 200 miles per hour. Pretty fast! You can easily see that it wouldn't even take one full hour to complete the distance at that rate of speed. Now use the old familiar distance formula: Time = Distance /Rate. 23,900 mi./61,200 mph = about .39 hours.