How long does it take in units of minutes for a beam of light to travel from Earth to Jupiter's moon Io, a total distance of 1278.7 x 106 km?

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How long does it take in units of minutes for a beam of light to travel from Earth to Jupiter's moon Io, a total distance of 1278.7 x 106 km? 

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