Question

'The distance of a star from the earth is 8.33 light minutes.' What do you mean by this statement? Express the distance in metres.

Answer 1

Answer:

The statement 'The distance of a star from the earth is 8.33 light minutes' means that the light from the star takes 8.33 minutes to reach earth. Hope It Helps You! it means that light from the sun takes 8.33minutes to reach earth. The distance from Earth to the Sun is 149,600,000 km.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

This statement means that the distance between the star and the earth is equal to the distance travelled by light in 8.33minutes(500 seconds).

distance(in m)= speed of light× 500

= 3×10^8×500

= 1500×10^8

=1.5×10^11 m