During an experiment, a signal
from a spaceship reached the
ground station in five minutes.
What was the distance of the
spaceship from the ground
'station? The signal travels at the
speed of light, that is, 3 x 10^8
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Let the distance between the spaceship and the ground station be 'S' .
Then,
S=vt
where,
v= speed of signal
=3×10 8 m/st
= time taken
=5min=5×60s=
300s∴
s=3×10 8 ×300
=9×10¹⁰ m
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Answer:
Let the distance between the spaceship and the ground station be 'S' .
Then, S=vt
where, v= speed of signal =3×10 ^8m/s
t= time taken =5min=5×60s=300s
∴s=3×10^8×300=9×10^10m
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