Respuesta :
Speed of light = 300,000 km/sec
Rocket's speed = 63,000 km/hr or 6.3 x 10⁴ km/hr
Alpha Centauri distance from Earth = 4.11 x 10¹³ km
One light year (distance) = 9.46 x 10¹² km
To solve for the time it takes it travel, we can manipulate the speed formula.
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{speed}=\frac{dis\tan ce}{\text{time}} \\ \text{time}=\frac{dis\tan ce\text{ }}{\text{speed}} \end{gathered}[/tex]We already have the distance of Alpha Centauri from Earth written above. We also have the speed of the rocket written above too. We will substitute those values to the formula.
[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{time}=\frac{4.11\times10^{13}\operatorname{km}}{6.3\times10^4\operatorname{km}\text{ /hr}} \\ \text{time}=0.6523809524\times10^9 \\ \text{time}=6.52\times10^8\text{ hr} \end{gathered}[/tex]