The sun is 93 million miles from Earth, and light travels at a rate of 186,000 miles per second. How long does it take for light from the sun to reach the Earth?

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A. S. Adikesavan ยท Tony B
Sep 14, 2016

500 seconds.

Explanation:

Time = ("distance")/("Speed")=93000000/186000=500" seconds."

On the average, more precise answer is

(149597871" km")/(299792.5color(white)(.) ("km")/("sec"))= 499.005 seconds, nearly.

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