Answer to Question #82729 in Optics for Becky

Question #82729

If the sun is 150 million km away from the earth, how long does it take sunlight to reach the earth

Expert's answer

We can find the time that the sunlight takes to reach the Earth from the formula:

t=d/c=(1.5∙〖10〗^11 m)/(3∙〖10〗^8 m/s)=500s.

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