Question

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9. Estimate the distance of the sun from the earth from the following data.
Speed of light = 3 * 108 ms-
Time taken by the sun's light to reach the earth surface = 8 min 20 s​

Answer 1

Answer:

Using the formula,

Distance = speed × time.

Substituting speed of light =3×10

8

ms

−1

,t=8×60+20=500s, we get

Distance =3×10

8

×500=15×10

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