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During an Apollo moon landing, reflecting panels were placed on the moon. This allowed earth-based astronomers to shoot laser beams at the moons surface to determine its distance. The reflected laser beam was observed 2.52 s after the laser pulse was sent. If the speed of light is 3.00108m/s, what was the distance between the astronomers and the moon?

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11/11/2019

Mathematics

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During an Apollo moon landing, reflecting panels were placed on the moon. This allowed Earth-based astronomers to shoot laser beams at the moon's surface to determine its distance from Earth. The reflected laser beam was observed by the astronomers 2.52 s after the laser pulse was sent. If the speed of light is 3.00 times 10^8 m/s, what was the distance between the astronomers and the moon? Based on the relationship Distance = Speed times Time, solve the problem.

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