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 metre..​

Answer 1

$\qquad\qquad\Large\bf\underline{Answer:-}$

Here, 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.

We know,

$\tt \pink{The\:speed\:of\:light\:is\:3 \times 10 {}^{8} \: metre \: per \: second}$

Here,

The distance covered by it in one second is

$\small\bf\red{Distance(d)= 3 \times 10 {}^{8} m}$

In one minute there are 60 seconds.

Therefore, the distance of 8.33 light minutes is :-

$\implies \bf{d= \: 3 \times 10 {}^{8} \times 60}$

$\implies \bf \: {d= \: 1.8 \times 10 {}^{10} m}$

$\implies \bf \blue {d \: = 18000000000}$

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