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Roughly how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?

Correct answer A. 8 minutes 30 seconds

Explanation

The Sun is about 1.5 × 10¹¹ m away and light travels at 3 × 10⁸ m/s, so the journey takes around 500 seconds, a little over eight minutes.

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