Question

Heavenly bodies such as the sun, plantets , and Stars are actually thousands of kilometres away from us. The light emitted by the stars is visible to us as a sparkle . Find the appropriate time in seconds taken by the sunlight to reach the earth,if the mean distance of the earth from the sun is km and the speed of light is 3.0 multiple 10⁵ km/ s

Answer 1

Correct

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Answer 2

Answer:

aprox. 8.33 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

distance btw sun and earth is aprox. 150,000,000 km ie 15*10⁷

and speed of light is 3*10⁵

Time= distance/speed

= 15*10⁷/3*10⁵

= 5*10²

= 500 sec

or 8.33 minutes