The light from the Sun reaches Earth in approximately

24 hours

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8 minutes

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1 hour

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1 minute

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Solution

The correct option is B 8 minutes
The speed of light is 3,00,000 km per second, and it takes about 8 minutes 20 seconds for the sunlight to reach Earth.

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