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The average distance from the sun to Pluto is approximately 6.10 × 109 km. How long does it take light from

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$V= \frac{S}{t}$
$t= \frac{S}{V}$ <u />
$t= \frac{S}{c}$
$t= \frac{6.1*10^{12}}{299792458}$
$t=20347.4098071s$

It takes 20347.4098071s for light from the sun to reach Pluto.
The 6.1*10^9 is replaced by 6.1*10^12 on line 4 because we convert the distance from km to m.
c = speed of light. If a different value was given in the previous question then use that instead of the value I used to do the final calculation.

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