The distance from the earth to the sun is 1.496 x 1011 meters. The speed of light is 3 x 108 meters per second. Show that correc

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t to 3 significant figures, light will take 0.139 hours to travel from the sun to the earth

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Phoenix [80] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-15T13:23:01+03:00

Answer:

speed of light = 3 x 10^8 meters / second There are 3,600 seconnds per hour so,

speed of light = 3 x 10^8 meters / second * 3,600 = 1.08 x 10^12 meters / hour

1.496 x 10^11 meters ÷ 1.08 x 10^12 meters/hour = .1385 hours which rounds to

.139 hours

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