SOLUTION: The distance from the sun to earth is 93 million miles. If the speed of light is 9.83569 x 10^8 feet per second, how long does it take light to travel from the sun to the earth?

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Question 207105: The distance from the sun to earth is 93 million miles. If the speed of light is 9.83569 x 10^8 feet per second, how long does it take light to travel from the sun to the earth?
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The distance from the sun to earth is 93 million miles. If the speed of light is 9.83569 x 10^8 feet per second, how long does it take light to travel from the sun to the earth?
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93,000,000*5280 = # of feet
= 4.9104E11 feet
4.9104E11 feet/9.83569E8 ft/sec = 4.98331E2 seconds
= 498.33 seconds
= ~ 8.3 minutes