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    cars cannot drive or move in space as there is nothing for the tires to grab onto. If it had rocket engines, then the question would have 'some' basis in reality.

    Was this made up by a math teacher who had no concept of real physics?

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    its a math question, not a physics question.
    The question might as well have point A and point B instead of the moon and earth and a widget instead of a rocket car.

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    Ohh ill try it, just had a mgtsc test today. Ill consider this the last test question haha.

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    Well, given that the Moon orbits Earth at 2,000+mph and the Earth orbits the Sun at roughly an average speed of 100,000mph and that we're not taking gravity in effect for anything to move away from the Earth at only 100mph, that means the car won't keep within the gravitational field of Earth.

    If that's the case, the car will actually get roughly 99,900 miles away from the Moon in the first hour.

    It's possible you're really just positing a point A to point B question, but if that's the case I would say the Earth to the Moon was a bad choice, given all the variables we have beat into our head about it from the day we're born which are very obviously not listed here.

    Perhaps just word it as point A to point B?

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    Ok I have no idea what I was doing My brain is fried. Here is my stab
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    I'll just say that the distance is constant and that the speed is fixed as well.. SIgh
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    If the car can not achieve breaking through the gravitational pull of the earth because travelling at 100 KPH will not break gravity the question can not be answered so therfore the answer is 0

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    I have the answer: It would take...







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    Quote Originally Posted by Gloria View Post
    I'll just say that the distance is constant and that the speed is fixed as well.. SIgh
    Clearly not as its clearly stated that there is a -24% speed boost, along with a 10% speed boot blah blah blah

    anyhow, how does 8780.740842341440 Hours sound?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Graywolves View Post
    If it had rocket engines, then the question would have 'some' basis in reality.
    there were cars made with rocket engines
    http://io9.com/345722/rocket-cars-of-the-cold-war

    Funny cars also use rocket engines if im not mistaken

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