Question

Izzy is calculating the amount of time it takes a rocket to get to the moon. The moon is around 239,000 miles from Earth. How many hours would it take a rocket that can travel at 500 miles per minute to travel to the moon? Round to the nearest hour.

8 hours
20 hours
478 hours
28,680 hours

Answer 1

Am I right with A?

Answer 2

@carmelle

Answer 3

@axie

Answer 4

yes, but lets work the question out...

the formula is:
\[time = \frac{ distance }{ speed~rate }\]

so now lets set up the equation then solve...

distance = ?
speed rate = ?

Answer 5

239,000 / 500 = 478 min

Answer 6

then i divided by 60

Answer 7

7.97 rounds to 8

Answer 8

am i correct?

Answer 9

YESSSS THATS CORRECT :D

Answer 10

good job!

Answer 11

thank you

Answer 12

yw