how fast does santa travel ?
2006-12-10 13:30:44 · 6 answers · asked by rodney l 1 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Other - Destinations
this year he will be running alittle late because he will be driving one of those new Hybrid cars. he can't afford the gas prices these days thanks to the Bush adminstration.
2006-12-10 13:37:12 · answer #1 · answered by mnbrdtn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's figure this out. There are 2 billion children aged 17 and younger in the world, but only a small percentage actually receives gifts from Santa. Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish families don’t celebrate Christmas. That reduces the workload to 15 percent of the total, or 379 million, according to the Population Reference Bureau,” the newsletter reads. “At an average (worldwide) census rate of 3.5 children per household, that’s 108 million homes.”
Racing ahead of the approaching dawn by moving in the opposite direction of the rising sun, Santa has 31 hours to make his deliveries.
Do the math: Santa has to make 967.7 visits per second.
The scholar association newsletter, using an assumption of .78 miles between households calculated the total distance of his trip — from North Pole back to North Pole — at 75.5 million miles. To accomplish that distance in 31 hours means his sleigh must travel at 650 miles a second, or 3,000 times the speed of sound.
2006-12-10 21:38:06 · answer #2 · answered by braennvin2 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually Santa will travel pretty quickly because he got a new SUV as a promotional tool from GM in their attempts to revitalize their lackluster performance as a company.
2006-12-10 21:40:02 · answer #3 · answered by Philbert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well he bought a new shelby gt 500 this year and is hauling so he may wven be here on December20th!
2006-12-10 21:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by adidasfan90210 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry but santa is fake.
2006-12-10 23:06:48 · answer #5 · answered by starbucks_love_it 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Faster than the speed of light. Ho! ho! ho!
2006-12-10 21:37:58 · answer #6 · answered by Lily 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋