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light travels at a speed of about 3*10e5 kilometers per second. it takes about 1.5*10e4 seconds for light travel from the sun to Neptune. what is the approximate distance (in kilometres) between Neptune and the sun?

 Aug 15, 2016
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light travels at a speed of about 3*10e5 kilometers per second. it takes about 1.5*10e4 seconds for light travel from the sun to Neptune. what is the approximate distance (in kilometres) between Neptune and the sun?

 

3 x 10^5 x 1.5 x 10^4 =4,500,000,000 km=4.5 x 10^9 km-distance from Sun to Neptune.

 Aug 15, 2016
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google it

 Aug 15, 2016

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