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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The average distance between the earth and the sun is 93 million miles.  Using the velocity of light, find an approximate value for the amount of time that it takes a light ray to travel from the sun to the earth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have the velocity of light, its 186,000 miles per second.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I dont really understand how to do this, can someone please help, thanks. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide 93,000,000 miles by 186,000 miles per second to get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the number of seconds it takes light from the sun to reach<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the earth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "93 million/ 186000= 500 seconds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Convert 500 seconds to minutes by dividing by 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500 seconds/ (60 sec per min) = 8.33333... minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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