Light travels extremely rapidly (c = 3.00×108 m/s ). Suppose you had to travel 40 miles to work every day. If you traveled at th

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Light travels extremely rapidly (c = 3.00×108 m/s ). Suppose you had to travel 40 miles to work every day. If you traveled at th

e speed of light for the entire trip, how long would it take you to get to work (in seconds)? [1 mile = 1.61 km]

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Reptile [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-26T13:42:20+03:00

Given , Speed of light = 3 × 10⁸ m/s
Distance = 40 × 1.61× 1000 m
= 264400 m
We know that, speed = distance/time
so, time = distance/speed
t = 264400 / 3 × 10⁸
t = 0.00881333 sec Approx
The answer is 0.00881333 sec Approx