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Wittaler [7]
3 years ago
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Light in a vacuum travels at a constant speed of 3x10^8 m/s. If the moons average distance from the earth is 38776106 km how lon

g would it take for a beam of light to travel from earth to the moon and back to earth again?
Physics
1 answer:
Karo-lina-s [1.5K]3 years ago
5 0

Answer: 258.3 s

Explanation:

The speed s is given by the following equation:

s=\frac{D}{t}

Where:

s=3(10)^{8} m/s is the speed of light in vacuum

D=2(38776106 km \frac{1000 m}{1 km})=7.75(10)^{10} m is the double of the distance between Earth and Moon, since the beam of light travels from Earth to the Moon and back to Earth again.

t is the time it takes to the beam of light to travel the mentioned distance

Isolating t and solving with the given information:

t=\frac{D}{s}

t=\frac{7.75(10)^{10} m}{3(10)^{8} m/s}

Finally:

t=258.3 s \approx 258 s

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