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How much time (in seconds does it take light to travel 1.20 billion km?

User Quartaela
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Ok so light goes at a speed of 299,792 kilometers per second
so if my math is right 1.2 billion/299,792= 3335.646047926562 seconds

User Wkordalski
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Answer:

Time, t = 4000 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that,


1\ billion\ km=1.2* 10^9\ km


1\ billion\ km=1.2* 10^(12)\ m

The speed of light,
c=3* 10^8\ m/s

Let t is the time taken by light. It can be calculated as :


t=(d)/(c)


t=(1.2* 10^(12)\ m)/(3* 10^8\ m/s)

t = 4000 seconds

So, the time taken by the light is 4000 seconds, Hence, this is the required solution.

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