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The speed of light is about 3.00 × 105 km/s. It takes approximately 1.28 seconds for light reflected from the moon to reach Earth. What is the average distance from Earth to the…
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The speed of light is about 3.00 × 105 km/s. It takes approximately 1.28 seconds for light reflected from the moon to reach Earth. What is the average distance from Earth to the…
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The speed of light is about 3.00 × 105 km/s. It takes approximately 1.28 seconds for light reflected from the
moon to reach Earth. What is the average distance from Earth to the moon?
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Distance = (speed) x (time)
Distance = (about 3 x 10⁵ km/s) x (approximately 1.28 sec) =
approximately about 3.84 x 10⁵ km
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The actual average distance between centers is 384,400 km. Pretty close !
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