Question #148598
Find the time taken by sunlight to reach the ground if the distance between the sun and earth is 1.5x10 8 km, velocity of light is 3x10 8 m/s.
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Expert's answer
2020-12-06T17:31:25-0500

The time tt may be obtained as

t=Svt = \dfrac{S}{v} , where SS is the distance between the Sun and Earth and vv is the velocity of light. Therefore,

t=1.5108103m3108m/s=500s=8.3min.t = \dfrac{1.5\cdot10^8\cdot10^3\,\mathrm{m}}{3\cdot10^8\,\mathrm{m/s}} = 500\,\mathrm{s} = 8.3\,\mathrm{min}.


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