Question

If it takes light 8.3 minutes to reach the sun from the earth,what is the distance of the sun from the earth?

Answer 1

The speed of light is 186,282 miles/second, so if you multiply that by 60, you get 11,176,920 miles/minute. If it takes light 8.3 minutes to reach the Sun from Earth, multiply 11,176,920 by 8.3 = 92,768,436 miles.

Answer 2

Answer:

$Distance\ = 1.49\times 10^{11}\ m$

Explanation:

Given that

Time taken by light = 8.3 minutes

We can say that times taken by light = 8.3 x 60 sec = 498 s.

We know that speed of light C

$C=3\times 10^8\ \frac{m}{s}$

We know that

Distance =  time x velocity

So now by putting the values

Distance =  time x velocity

$Distance\ =  498\times 3\times 10^8$

$Distance\ = 1.49\times 10^{11}\ m$