The speed of light in space is 3.00 x 108 m/s. The time for light from the Sun to reach Earth is 8 minutes 20 seconds. Therefore, the distance from the Sun to Earth is   2.40 x 109 m. 8.64 x 1012 m. 1.50 x 1011 m. 2.25 x 109 m.

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Q: Suppose a radio signal travels from Earth and through space at a speed of 3.0 × 10° m/s. How far…

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Q: A beam of light is moving in the same direction as an object is traveling. If the object is moving…

A: According to the Law of Relativity, the speed of light is same in all frame.

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Q: A ray of light passes through the three materials as shown. If 01 > 03 > 02, which of the following…

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Q: 835.6 MHzMHz (common frequency used for cell phone communication) Express your answer in meters…

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Q: Express 55670000 s in scientific notation * O 5.567 * 10^7 s O 55.67 * 10^6 s O 556.7 * 10*5 s O…

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Q: An object is moving a speed 8c/10, where c is the speed of light.  Calculate gamma (γ).

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Q: A tricycle and a garbage truck are 150 kilometers apart and traveling toward each other. The…

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Q: A proton travels at 99.9912% of the speed of light. An antiproton travels in the opposite direction…

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Q: Two spaceships are heading towards each other with speeds of 0.5c. One ship shines a laser beam at…

A: Speed is light is invariant under lorentz transformations.

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Q: Two automobiles are 150 kilometers apart and traveling toward each other. One automobile is moving…

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Q: How long does it take light to travel three times around the circumference of Earth? The radius of…

A: The given values are, R=6371.0 kmv=c=2.998×105 km/s

Q: 10−4 must be which of the following?   10,000  0.0004       0.0001  100

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Q: In the Michelson-Morley experiments two light beams were raced at right angles to each other to…

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Q: A spaceship travels at a speed of 2.4 x 108 m/s. A clock in the spaceship passes 60 seconds. How…

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Q: One year (yr) is 365.24 days. One light-year (lyr) is 9.467 × 10^15 m. Convert the speed of light…

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Q: How far does light travel within 90 minutes? If light travels at 30,000 km/s.

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Q: The Hydra galaxy is moving away from Earth at 6 x 10^7 m/s. What fraction of the speed of light is…

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Q: The speed of light in water is 2.30 × 108 m/s. Suppose an electron is moving through water at 2.50 ×…

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Q: A light-year is a measure of the astronomical distance that light traverses in a vacuum in 1 year.…

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Q: Approximately how long would it take a telephone signal to travel 5.46 x 10^10 m from Earth to Mars…

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Q: Light from the star, Alpha Centauri, which is nearest to the earth after the sun, reaches the earth…

A: Introduction: The distance between the star, Alpha Centauri and the earth is 4.367 light year.

Q: A rocket is travelling from earth through space at a speed of 2.7x10^8m/s. The pilot measures the…

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Q: Lilo and Stitch, two observers, are observing each other's clocks. Stitch is on the ground, while…

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Q: Two automobiles are 150 kilometers apart and traveling toward each other. One automobile is moving…

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Q: The speed of light in free space has been measured to be 2.99792458 × 108 m/s. (A) 3 Significant…

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Q: Light travels 3 x 10^8 meters every seconds (after rounding). That number in words is: 30 3,105…

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Q: The speed of light in vacuum is 3 X 105 km/s and 1 km = 1,000 m and 1m = 100 cm. Use c = fA to…

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Q: A radio transmitter broadcasts at a frequency of 142kHz. What is the wavelength of the wave?

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Q: The speed of light in free space has been measured to be 2.99792458 x 108-m/s.Express the speed of…

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Q: An electromagnetic wave has a frequency of 8.00x1015 Hz. What is the wavelength of the wave in…

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Q: The speed of light (and radio waves) is 300,000 km/s.  What is the wavelength (in meters) of a radio…

A: Given,speed of the light, c = 3 ×106 Km/s = 3×108 m/sfrequency, f = 512 MHz =5.12×108 Hz

Q: A spaceship is 7.78 x 1014 m away from Earth. Which of the following is the time it takes radio…

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Q: "Light years" is the unit of _____?   A) Acceleration B) Distance C) Light Intensity D) Weight

A: Find:- light-year is a unit of?

Q: how far can light travel in 90 minutes?

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