Question

Unit 2: Star Composition Lab Portfolio
How long would it take to fly a jet to the Sun from earth?
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18 years
18 hours
1 year
24 hours

Answer 1

To determine how long it would take to fly a jet to the Sun from Earth, we can use the approximate distance from the Earth to the Sun, which is about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers).

Assuming a typical jet travels at an average cruising speed of around 500 miles per hour (805 kilometers per hour), we can perform the following calculation:

1. **Calculate the time in hours**:
\[
\text{Time} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed}} = \frac{93,000,000 \text{ miles}}{500 \text{ miles/hour}} = 186,000 \text{ hours}
\]

2. **Convert hours into years**:
\[
\text{Years} = \frac{186,000 \text{ hours}}{24 \text{ hours/day} \times 365 \text{ days/year}} \approx 21.3 \text{ years}
\]

Based on this calculation, none of the provided options exactly match this value. However, the closest answer in terms of approximate duration would be **18 years**.

So the correct choice would be:
**18 years**.