Please help! I am awful at science...thanks
2007-08-30 13:45:52 · 6 answers · asked by lola 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
What is the exact amount of minutes?
2007-08-30 14:16:27 · update #1
8.5 minutes.
2007-09-02 06:22:32 · answer #1 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not science, just Arithmetic.
The sun is about 150 million kms (I think you were trying to say 1.5 x 10 to the eighth).
The speed of light is about 300,000 kms a second
so its just 150,000,000 divided by 300,000
get rid of 5 zeroes on both sides
1500 / 3 = 500 seconds
ie just over 8 minutes.
2007-08-30 20:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
light travels 3 x 10^8 m/s or 3x10^5 km/s. So time to cover a distance is the distance divided by speed:
t = d/c = 1.5x 10^8 km/3x10^5 km/s = .5 x 10^3 seconds = 500 seconds
2007-08-30 20:50:57 · answer #3 · answered by nyphdinmd 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
8 minutes
2007-08-30 20:58:28 · answer #4 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A hair over 8 minutes. Each planet is spaced approximately twice as far from the sun as the previous planet(Taking into account that there is an astroid belt between Mars and Jupiter occupying one slot).
2007-08-30 20:54:14 · answer #5 · answered by Eaving OLarkin 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
8 minutes approx
2007-08-30 20:50:59 · answer #6 · answered by bornjcan 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋