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How To Calculate How Long Does A Sun Ray To Reach Earth?

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    Divide the mean distance of the Earth from the Sun (about 93 million miles) by the speed of light (about 186,000 miles per SECOND).

    Thus (93,000,000 / 186,000) gives a result of 500 seconds. Divide this by 60 to give the time in minutes and seconds, producing the answer 8 minutes and 20 seconds or 8.33 minutes.
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    Beaunydall 

    answered 5 months ago

         
         

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