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: 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.
I have the velocity of light, its 186,000 miles per second.
I dont really understand how to do this, can someone please help, thanks.
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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I have the velocity of light, its 186,000 miles per second.
Divide 93,000,000 miles by 186,000 miles per second to get
the number of seconds it takes light from the sun to reach
the earth.
93 million/ 186000= 500 seconds
Convert 500 seconds to minutes by dividing by 60
500 seconds/ (60 sec per min) = 8.33333... minutes
Cheers,
Stan H.
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