Question

light take 8.5 minutes to travel from the sun to earth.the velocity of light is 3x10^8 m/s.calculate the distance from sun to earth

Answer 1

Dear Student,
$$\begin{gathered} v=\frac{d}{t} \\ d=3\times {10}^8\times 8.5\times 60=1.14\times {10}^{11}m \end{gathered}$$