It Takes the Mars Rover 4 $\times$ 10¹⁰ km
B)1 $\times$ 10⁹ m
C)8

question 7

Multiple Choice

It takes the Mars rover 4.5 minutes to send information via a radio signal traveling at the speed of light back to Mission Control on Earth.How far away is the rover?

• A)8.1 \(\times\) 10¹⁰ km
• B)1.35 \(\times\) 10⁹ m
• C)8.10 \(\times\) 10¹⁰ m
• D)1.35 \(\times\) 10⁹ km
• E)1.62 \(\times\) 10¹¹ m

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