Question 128058
{{{1.496*10^8}}} kilometres is {{{1.496*10^11}}} metres.  Three hundred million metres is {{{3.0*10^8}}} metres.  {{{1.496*10^11/3.0*10^8=498.67}}}, so it takes about 499 seconds, or {{{498.67/60=8.31}}} minutes for the light to arrive at the earth, roughly speaking.