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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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

OpenStudy (amistre64):

the sun is 8light minutes away

OpenStudy (amistre64):

give or take :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do you live there chancetaylor?!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Indeed it does!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Just noticed tht i hd not put th unit :D

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