Car goes from 0-60 in 8 seconds if it could, how long would it take to reach light speed?

Question

obviously a car cannot travel at light speed but if it could how long would it take to get there at the rate of acceleration 0 - 60 in 8 seconds

Answer 1

velocity and acceleration are a derative of speed these are a instantaneous relationship, (it varies all the time and can only be assessed using calculus) speed is distance against time, as in 30 miles in an hour, velocity is a deviation from this i;e feet a second, and acceleration is a deviation in feet a second from velocity, 60 mph is 88 feet per second, light travels at 186,000 miles a second, it would be incorrect to quote your example as accelerating at 11 feet a second, as gear changing and varying power would invalidate this, Newtons equation a = v -u/t can be rearranged to give t = v - u/a  982.08 million feet a sec - 0/11feet a sec gives 89.28 million seconds gives 1.488 million minutes gives 28.9 thousand hours gives 1033.3 thousand days which is about 2.831 years.

Answer 2

The car is gaining 7.5 miles per hour each second.

The speed of light is about 670,616,629.4 miles per hour.

670,616,629.4 / 7.5 = approximately 89415550.58 seconds or 1490259.176 minutes or 24837.65 hours or 1034.9 days or approximately 2.8 years.

The car will reach the speed of light in a little less than 3 years.

Answer 3

60 what?

metres/second

miles/hour

kilometres/hour

cubits/jiffy

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Answer 4

in MPH speed of light =670,616,629 mph

so divide that by 60 mph will give you your answer,

regards x kitti x  

Answer 5

a car will never reach the speed of light.

Answer 6

0 - 60 what?

answer that and your question can be answered.

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