Find the distance that the earth travels in eight days in its path around the sun. assume that a year has 365 days and that the path of the earth around the sun is a circle of radius 93 million miles. [note: the path of the earth around the sun is actually an ellipse with the sun at one focus

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Ansley Howell

15 June, 12:18

Find the distance that the earth travels in eight days in its path around the sun. assume that a year has 365 days and that the path of the earth around the sun is a circle of radius 93 million miles. [note: the path of the earth around the sun is actually an ellipse with the sun at one focus

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Abraham Butler · Answer 1

The speed of earth will be found as follows:

speed=distance/time

distance=93 million

time=365

speed = (93) / 365=254, 794.5205 mi/day

thus distance moved for 8 days will be:

distance=speed*time

= (254794.5205) * 8

=2,038,356.164 miles