QUESTION 6 The maximum distance from Earth to everyone's favorite dwarf planet, Pluto, is 7.5 billion kilometers (or 7,500,000,000 km). If a spaceship traveling from Earth reaches a speed of 40,500 kilometers per hour and maintains it, how many years would it take to reach Pluto? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. QUESTION 7 The Big Falcon Rocket (BFR or Starship) from Space X can carry approximately 220,000 pounds. If they only carried $20 bills, how much money can they carry? Use the fact that a $20 bill weighs 0.9 grams and 1 pound = 453.592 grams.
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First, we need to convert the speed from kilometers per hour to kilometers per year. There are 24 hours in a day, 365 days in a year, so the spaceship travels 40,500 km/h * 24 h/day * 365 days/year = 354,060,000 km/year. Show more…
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