The distance from Earth to the imaginary planet Med is 1.7x107. If a spaceship is capable of traveling 1,420 miles per hour, how many days will it take the spaceship to reach the planet Med?
1.7 x 107 mi
= 17000000 mi
17000000 / 1420
= 11971.8 hrs (rounded up)
11971.8 / 24
= 498.8 days (rounded up)
or
498 days and 19 hours (approximately)
