SOLUTION: light travels at a rate of 1.86 times 10 to the fifth power. if the distance from a star to a planet in its orbit is 80 million miles,find how long it takes the light of the star t
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Question 909964: light travels at a rate of 1.86 times 10 to the fifth power. if the distance from a star to a planet in its orbit is 80 million miles,find how long it takes the light of the star to reach the planet. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! light travels at a rate of 1.86 times 10 to the fifth power. if the distance from a star to a planet in its orbit is 80 million miles,find how long it takes the light of the star to reach the planet.
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time = distance/rate
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time = (80*10^6 miles)/(1.86*10^5 miles/sec) = 43*10
= 430.1075 seconds
= 7.167 minutes
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Stan H.
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