(6.0 Gm)/(3.0 ksec) = ?m/sec
Please help me and please show all steps in solution
Thank you very much
You are apparently being asked to convert 6.0 Gigameters per kilosecond to meters per second.
This is really not about physics; it is about converting from one set of units to another.
Just rewrite as 6*10^9 m/(3*10^3 s)
Then do the division.
The answer is 2*10^6 or 2 million m/s
Thank you very much
To solve this problem, we need to convert the units in the given expression and perform the arithmetic calculation. Here are the steps:
Step 1: Convert gigameters (Gm) to meters (m)
1 Gm = 1,000,000,000 meters (1 billion meters)
So, we can multiply the given value of 6.0 Gm by 1,000,000,000 to convert it to meters:
6.0 Gm = 6.0 * 1,000,000,000 m = 6,000,000,000 m
Step 2: Convert kiloseconds (ksec) to seconds (sec)
1 ksec = 1,000 seconds (1 thousand seconds)
To convert 3.0 ksec to seconds, we can multiply it by 1,000:
3.0 ksec = 3.0 * 1,000 sec = 3,000 sec
Step 3: Perform the division
Now that both quantities are in the correct units, we can perform the division:
(6,000,000,000 m) / (3,000 sec) = 2,000,000 m/sec
So, the result is 2,000,000 meters per second (m/sec).
I hope this explanation helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.