(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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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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