my next question is how fast is the speed of light and how long would it take you at that speed to get for the sun to earth

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anonymous · Answer

299 792 458 m / s is the speed of light.  How far away is the sun from earth?

amistre64 · Answer

the sun is 8light minutes away

amistre64 · Answer

give or take  :)

anonymous · Answer

Well it says that the average distance is about 150 million km.  So I would say the speed of light in km is 299792.458 km/s.  So 150,000,000/299792.458 = 433.63 seconds

anonymous · Answer

Do you live there chancetaylor?!

anonymous · Answer

For practical purpose we take speed of light as 3 x 10^8

It simplifies the calculation

anonymous · Answer

Indeed it does!

anonymous · Answer

PS: The above speed was in m/s.  U can convert it into km/s

anonymous · Answer

Just noticed tht i hd not put th unit   :D