Final answer:
Yes, Gabe remembers correctly. It takes about 8 minutes for light to travel from the sun to the earth.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student is asking if it takes about 8 minutes for light to travel from the sun to the earth, based on the speed of light which is approximately 299,792 kilometers/second. To verify this, we can calculate the distance between the sun and the earth and divide it by the speed of light. The sun is about 150,000,000 kilometers away from the earth. So, the time it takes for light to travel from the sun to the earth can be calculated as:
Time = Distance / Speed = 150,000,000 km / 299,792 km/s = 500.01 seconds or approximately 8.33 minutes.
Therefore, Gabe remembers correctly that it takes about 8 minutes for light to travel from the sun to the earth.