Question

According to a new unit of length, light travels at a speed equal to unity in vacuum light takes 8 minutes to travel from sun to earth find the distance between sun and earth in terms of this new unit

Answer 1

Answer:480 units

Explanation:distance = speed*time

here, speed is unity so

speed = 1 unit/sec

time = 8 min = 8*60 = 480 sec

so plug in the values

distance = 1*480 = 480 units

Answer 2

Question:-

According to a new unit of length, light travels at a speed equal to unity in vacuum light takes 8 minutes to travel from sun to earth find the distance between sun and earth in terms of this new unit

Answer:-

Speed of light = 1 new unit ,

Time taken = 8 min

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎= 480s

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎= 480s

Now,

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎D = S/T

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎S*T = D

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎1 new unit/sec * 480s = D

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎D = 480 new unit

Therefore, The distance between sun and earth is 480 new unit.