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The sun is about 8 light minutes away. What is the distance in meters? Given: Distance to sun: 8 light minutes speed of light: 3x10^8 m/s (1 minute=60 seconds) Unknown: Distance to sun in meters (in scientific
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The sun is about 8 light minutes away. What is the distance

in meters?
Given: Distance to sun: 8 light minutes
speed of light: 3x10^8 m/s
(1 minute=60 seconds)
Unknown: Distance to sun in meters (in scientific notation)

User Andrey Hohutkin
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Correct answer is = 8 x 60 x 3 x 10^8 = 1.44 x 10^11 m
User Thibautg
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(3x10^8) x 8 = 2400000000

OR 2.4x10^9
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