Question

How many minutes does it take light, at a speed of 3.00e8 m/s (meters per second) to travel a distance of 93 million miles from the Sun to the Earth?

Answer 1

t = 8.27 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

We have,

Speed of light is
`3* 10^8\ m/s`

Distance of 93 million miles or
`93* 10^6\ \text{miles}=1.49* 10^(11)\ m`

let t is time. So

`t=(d)/(v)\\\\t=(1.49* 10^(11))/(3* 10^8)\\\\t=496.66\ s`

or

t = 8.27 minutes

So, 8.27 minutes is taken by the light.