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7 June, 21:30

A light-year is the distance that light can travel in one year. If the sun is 1.5 x 10⁸ km away, how many light years is the sun from earth? Assume that light travels at a speed of 3.0 x 10¹⁰ cm/s.

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  1. 7 June, 21:47
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    0.00001581 light years

    Explanation:

    distance divided by speed of light = 150,000,000/300,000 = 500 seconds 8.3333

    8.3 minutes

    now divide this by 60 x 24 x 365.25. so you will get answer=

    .000015823 light years.
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