How long does it take light to travel 850 km in a vacuum? Answer in ms.(Express your answer to two significant figures.)

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poizon [28]3 years ago

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Answer:

0.002833 sec

Explanation:

Speed of light in vacuum is $3\times 10^{8}m/sec$

Given distance = 850 km = 850×1000=850000 m

We have to calculate the time that light take to travel the distance 850 km

Time $T=\frac{distance }{speed}=\frac{850000}{3\times 10^8}=2.833\times 10^{-3}sec$

So the time taken by light to travel 850 km is 0.002833 sec

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