suppose it takes 3 days for a space vehicle to travel from the earth to the moon. about how long would it take the same vehicle traveling at the same speed to reach neptune? closet distance from earth to: moon 240,000mi neptune 2,700,000,000 mi.

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suppose it takes 3 days for a space vehicle to travel from the earth to the moon. about how long would it take the same vehicle traveling at the same speed to reach neptune?  closet distance from earth to: moon 240,000mi  neptune 2,700,000,000 mi.

anonymous · Answer

So the speed of the vehicle travelling from Earth to the Moon is 240 000 divided by 3 days. That's 80 000 miles a day. At this speed, it would take (2 7 00 000 000 divided by 80 000) days which is 33750 days to get to Neptune from Earth. :D