Light Travels at 3 $\times$ 10⁸ M/s,and It Takes About 8 Min for Light from 8

question 64

Multiple Choice

Light travels at 3 $\times$ 10⁸ m/s,and it takes about 8 min for light from the sun to travel to Earth.Based on this,the order of magnitude of the distance from the sun to Earth is

• A)10¹⁰ m
• B)10⁸ m
• C)10⁹ m
• D)10⁶ m
• E)10¹¹ m

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