How many minutes does it take light, at a speed of 3.00e8 m/s (meters per second) to travel a distance of 93 million miles from the Sun to the Earth?

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Kevin Olmats · Answer 1 · 2021-04-03T05:03:09+0000

Answer:

t = 8.27 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

We have,

Speed of light is
$3* 10^8\ m/s$

Distance of 93 million miles or
$93* 10^6\ \text{miles}=1.49* 10^(11)\ m$

let t is time. So

$t=(d)/(v)\\\\t=(1.49* 10^(11))/(3* 10^8)\\\\t=496.66\ s$

or

t = 8.27 minutes

So, 8.27 minutes is taken by the light.