The distnace from earth to the moon is 239,000 miles. a. how many kilometers are in 239000 miles? b. given that the light travels at 3.00*10^8 m/s , how many minutes does it take for light to travel to the moon ? c. The apollo 10 mission holds the record for the highest speed by a manned vehicle at 11080 m/s . How many minutes would it take for the apollo 10 mission to reach the moon assuming the rocket travels ina straight line at that top speed? d. The apollo 11 mission took 73.45 hours to reach lunar orbit once it left earths orbit. The avergae speed duirng that time was 5500km/hr. How many miles did the apollo 11 mission actually travel in space ?

The distnace from earth to the moon is 239,000 miles. a. how many kilometers are in 239000 miles? b. given that the light travels at 3.00*10^8 m/s , how many minutes does it take for light to travel to the moon ? c. The apollo 10 mission holds the record for the highest speed by a manned vehicle at 11080 m/s . How many minutes would it take for the apollo 10 mission to reach the moon assuming the rocket travels ina straight line at that top speed? d. The apollo 11 mission took 73.45 hours to reach lunar orbit once it left earths orbit. The avergae speed duirng that time was 5500km/hr. How many miles did the apollo 11 mission actually travel in space ?

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The distnace from earth to the moon is 239,000 miles.

a. how many kilometers are in 239000 miles?

b. given that the light travels at 3.00*10^8 m/s , how many minutes does it take for light to travel to the moon ?

c. The apollo 10 mission holds the record for the highest speed by a manned vehicle at 11080 m/s . How many minutes would it take for the apollo 10 mission to reach the moon assuming the rocket travels ina straight line at that top speed?

d. The apollo 11 mission took 73.45 hours to reach lunar orbit once it left earths orbit. The avergae speed duirng that time was 5500km/hr. How many miles did the apollo 11 mission actually travel in space ?

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