Estimate and determine the order of magnitude of the circumference of the Earth in miles and the speed of a sailboat in miles per hour. The Earth's circumference is 10^4 mile and the the speed of a sailboat is 10^1 mile/hour. Estimate how many hours it would take to sail around the world in a sailboat?

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Elliott Maynard

16 November, 21:54

Estimate and determine the order of magnitude of the circumference of the Earth in miles and the speed of a sailboat in miles per hour. The Earth's circumference is 10^4 mile and the the speed of a sailboat is 10^1 mile/hour. Estimate how many hours it would take to sail around the world in a sailboat?

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Perry · Answer 1

= 1000 hours

Explanation:

Earth's circumference is 10⁴ mile

speed of a sailboat is 10¹ mile/hour

distance = speed * time

10⁴ = 10¹ * t

t = 10⁴ / 10¹

t = 10³

= 1000 hours