Question

How many minutes would it take a light wave to travel from the planet Venus to Earth? (Average distance from Venus to Earth = 28 million miles).

Answer 1

Answer:

$t=2.51min$

Explanation:

The time taken by the light to travel a given distance is defined as:

$t=\frac{d}{c}$

Here c is obviously the speed of light. Now we convert the average distance form Venus to Earth to meters:

$28*10^{6}mi*\frac{1609.34}{1mi}=4.51*10^{10}m$

Finally, we calculate the minutes taken by the light to travel from Venus to Earth:

$t=\frac{4.51*10^{10}m}{3*10^8\frac{m}{s}}\\t=150.33s*\frac{1min}{60s}=2.51min$