Homework Help: Algebra Word Problem

Posted by pj on Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 5:30pm.

I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP !!!!!!! Suppose it takes 3 days for a space vehicle to travel from Earth to the moon. About how long would it take the same vehichle traveling at the same speed to reach Venus?
Closest Distance From Earth to:
Moon 240,000mi
Venus 26,000,000mi
the space vehicle would take about ----days to reach Venus .
(Round to the nearest whole number. Use scientific notation. Use multiplication symbol in the math.

Algebra Word Problem - DrBob222, Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 5:41pm
Why not just set up a proportion.
(3days/240,000 miles) = (?days/26,000,000 miles)

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