Light travels from the sun to the earth, a distance of 144,000,000,000 meters, in 480 seconds. Calculate the approximate velocit

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Pavlova-9 [17]

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Light travels from the sun to the earth, a distance of 144,000,000,000 meters, in 480 seconds. Calculate the approximate velocit

y of light in the direction it travels toward the earth.

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Ronch [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-05T16:33:34+03:00

Ronch [10]3 years ago

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144.000.000.000÷480

=300.000.000 m/s

=300.00 km/s

Vanyuwa [196] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-05T19:03:13+03:00

Vanyuwa [196]3 years ago

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Light travels at a constant rate of 300,000,000 m s

. This can be determined by dividing the distance (144,000,000,000 meters) by the time (480 seconds). That's pretty fast. In fact, nothing can travel any faster than this. Ever.