Question

If you shine a flashlight at an object in space that is 150,000,000 km from Earth, the light will arrive at the object in approximately ________ light seconds.

a) 1 second
b) 300,000 seconds
c) 500,000 seconds
d) 150,000,000 seconds

Answer 1

The light from the Sun will arrive at the object 150,000,000 km away from Earth in approximately 500,000 seconds.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks about the time it takes for light to travel from the Sun to an object that is 150,000,000 km away from Earth. Since light travels at a speed of 299,338 km/s, we can calculate the time it takes by dividing the distance by the speed of light. Therefore, the light will arrive at the object in approximately 0.5 seconds, which is equivalent to 500,000 light seconds. So, the correct answer is option (c) 500,000 seconds.