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3 years ago

Light from the sun reaches Earth in 8.3min. The speed of light is 3.00 x 10^8 m/s. How far is the Earth from the sun?

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2 answers:

ruslelena [56]3 years ago

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Speed= distance/ time
distance= speed×time
distance= 3×10^8 × 8.3× 60
1494×10^8

strojnjashka [21]3 years ago

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The answer is this, but i don't know how to simplify it. 3x^100000000<span />

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