LIGHT TRAVES AT 186,300 MILES PER SECOND. IF IT TAKES 8.32 MINUTES FOR LIGHT TO TRAVEL TO EARTH FROM THE SUN, HOW FAR AWAY FROM EARTH IS THE SUN. WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN SCIENTIFIC NOTATION.

well, we all know that the sun is 93 million miles away. So you'd better get something like 9.3*10^6

186300mi/sec * 8.32min * 60sec/min = 9.300096*10^6 mi

ta-da!

To find the distance between the Earth and the Sun, we can use the formula:

Distance = Speed × Time

Given that the speed of light is 186,300 miles per second and it takes 8.32 minutes for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth, we can proceed as follows:

1. Convert the time from minutes to seconds:
8.32 minutes × 60 seconds/minute = 499.2 seconds

2. Use the formula to calculate the distance:
Distance = 186,300 miles/second × 499.2 seconds

Multiplying these numbers gives us:
Distance = 93,171,600 miles

3. Finally, express the answer in scientific notation:
93,171,600 miles = 9.31716 × 10^7 miles

Therefore, the distance from the Earth to the Sun is approximately 9.31716 × 10^7 miles in scientific notation.