Homework Help: chemistry

Posted by Patricia on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 5:27pm.

If the sun is 150,000,000 km away, how many minutes does it take light to travel from the sun to the earth? Assume light travels at a speed of 3.0x10^10 cm/sec

chemistry - DrBob222, Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 5:41pm
distance = rate x time
I would change 150,000,000 from km to cm first, then substitute into the formula and solve for time (in seconds).;

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