(a) Light travels at a speed of 1.86 x 10 5 mi/sec.A light-year is the distance that...
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(a) Light travels at a speed of 1.86 x 105 mi/sec.A light-year is the distance that light travels in 1 year. Deter-mine the number of miles in a light-year.
(b) Earth is approximately 93,000,000 mi from the sun. How long does it take light from the sun to reach Earth?
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