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25 May, 21:06

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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  1. 25 May, 21:23
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    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
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