If We Assume That a Spaceship Could Accelerate from Rest $\times$

question 64

Multiple Choice

If we assume that a spaceship could accelerate from rest up to 1% of the speed of light at a constant rate of 9.81 m/s²,how many times the radius of our Solar System (i.e.,the distance from the Sun to Pluto = 5.9 $\times$ 10⁹ km) would the spaceship have traveled?

• A)78
• B)7.8 \(\times\) 10^-2
• C)2.6 \(\times\) 10^-10
• D)2.6 \(\times\)10^-7
• E)7.8 \(\times\) 10^-1

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