SOLUTION: Help is needed: if the speed of light is 3.00 c 10^8m/sec, how long does it take light to travel 2.29 * 10^11m, the distance from the sun to Mars? Round to one decimal place.
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Question 263089: Help is needed: if the speed of light is 3.00 c 10^8m/sec, how long does it take light to travel 2.29 * 10^11m, the distance from the sun to Mars? Round to one decimal place.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if the speed of light is 3.00 c 10^8m/sec,
how long does it take light to travel 2.29 * 10^11m, the distance from the sun to Mars?
Round to one decimal place.
:
Divide dist by the speed of light
= = = 763.3 seconds
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