How fast would you be going (in kmh) if you had a ship that accelerated at a constant 1g for 24 hours?

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Reece Lawson

4 March, 12:00

How fast would you be going (in kmh) if you had a ship that accelerated at a constant 1g for 24 hours?

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Ariel Good · Answer 1

1 g is 9.8 m/s^2 the problem wants the results in km/h so we'll fix that really quick.

9.8 m/s^2 (1 km/1000m) (60 sec/1 min) ^2 (60 min/1 hour) ^2 = 127008 km/hour^2

Now, I'm assuming the ship is starting from rest, and hopefully you know your physics equations. We are going to use vf = vi + at. Everything is just given, or we can assume, so I'll just solve.

vf = vi + at

vf = 0 + 127008 km/hour^2 * 24 hours

vf = 3,048,192 km/hour

If there's anything that doesn't make sense let me know.