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15 September, 08:45

The distance from the sun to earth is 1.496 * 108 km. how long does it take light to travel from the sun to earth?

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  1. 15 September, 11:23
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    Given 1.496*10^8 km. (The distance from the sun to earth)

    The speed of light is 299.792*10^3 km/s.

    Then, the time is

    t=d/v

    where

    d:distance

    v:velocity

    (1.496/299.792) * (10^8/10^3) = 499.0126 s
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