SOLUTION: The distance from the earth to the sun is 93 million miles. The speed of light is 9.8 x 10^8 feet per second. How long does it take light to get from the sun to the earth?

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: The distance from the earth to the sun is 93 million miles. The speed of light is 9.8 x 10^8 feet per second. How long does it take light to get from the sun to the earth? This question is from textbook

Answer by feliz1965(151) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Write 93 million miles using scientific notation.
93 million miles = 93,000,000,000
Now 93,000,000,000 becomes 9.3 x 10^10
The only thing left to do is to divide the speed of light by the distance from the earth to the sun.
Here is the set up:
[9.3 x 10^10]/[9.8 x 10^8]
Can you finish now?

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