The Space Shuttle travels at a speed of about 9.11 x 103 m/s. The blink of an astronaut's eye lasts about 93.4 ms. How many football fields (length = 91.4 m) does the Space Shuttle cover in the blink of an eye?
To find out how many football fields the Space Shuttle covers in the blink of an eye, we need to calculate the distance covered by the Space Shuttle in that time. We can do this by multiplying the speed of the Space Shuttle by the duration of an eye blink.
Let's begin by converting the blink duration from milliseconds (ms) to seconds (s).
Given: Blink duration = 93.4 ms
To convert milliseconds to seconds, we divide the duration by 1000:
93.4 ms ÷ 1000 = 0.0934 s
Now we have the blink duration in seconds. Next, we calculate the distance covered by multiplying the speed of the Space Shuttle by the blink duration:
Distance = Speed × Time
Given: Speed of the Space Shuttle = 9.11 × 10^3 m/s
Blink duration = 0.0934 s
Distance = 9.11 × 10^3 m/s × 0.0934 s = 850.774 m
Therefore, the Space Shuttle covers a distance of 850.774 meters in the blink of an eye.
Now, to find out how many football fields the Space Shuttle covers, we divide the distance by the length of a football field:
Number of Football Fields = Distance ÷ Length of a Football Field
Given: Length of a Football Field = 91.4 m
Distance = 850.774 m
Number of Football Fields = 850.774 m ÷ 91.4 m = 9.307 football fields
Therefore, the Space Shuttle covers approximately 9.307 football fields in the blink of an eye.