Answer:
Speed of light, [tex]v=3.01\times 10^8\ m/s[/tex]
Explanation:
It is given that,
The distance between Earth and the sun is roughly 150,000,000 km, [tex]d=150,000,000\ km=15\times 10^{10}\ m[/tex]
Time taken by the sunlight to reach the Earth, t = 8.3 min = 498 sec
Let v is the speed of light. It can be calculated as the total distance covered divided by total time taken. Mathematically, it is given by :
[tex]v=\dfrac{d}{t}[/tex]
[tex]v=\dfrac{15\times 10^{10}\ m}{498\ s}[/tex]
[tex]v=3.01\times 10^8\ m/s[/tex]
So, the speed of light is [tex]3.01\times 10^8\ m/s[/tex]. Hence, this is the required solution.
