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The Sun is about 150 million km from earth. how long does it take light from the sun to reach earth? (Speed of light is 3x10^8m/s)

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Time  =        (distance) / (speed)

Time  =  (150 x 10⁹ m) / (3 x 10⁸ m/s) =

                           50 x 10¹ sec  = 

                                 500 sec  =  8 min 20 sec