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# The Sun is approximately 1,400 million kilometers from the p

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The Sun is approximately 1,400 million kilometers from the p [#permalink]  17 Feb 2017, 02:50
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The Sun is approximately 1,400 million kilometers from the planet Saturn, and light from the Sun travels to Saturn at the rate of approximately 300,000 kilometers per second. Approximately how many minutes does it take for light to travel from the Sun to Saturn?

A) 80

B) 130

C) 160

D) 280

E) 360
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Re: The Sun is approximately 1,400 million kilometers from the p [#permalink]  17 Feb 2017, 11:38
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This is a simple arithmetic problem. We know that $$speed = \frac{Distance}{time}$$.

Distance between sun and saturn = 1400 Million Kms = 1,400,000,000.
Speed of light = 300,000 km/sec

So $$time = \frac{Distance}{Speed}$$ $$=\frac{1,400,000,000}{300,000}= 4666.66666667$$ secs.

or $$4666.66666667$$ seconds =$$\frac{4666.66666667}{60}$$ minutes $$\approx 77.77$$ minutes.

Hence option A is correct.
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Re: The Sun is approximately 1,400 million kilometers from the p [#permalink]  29 May 2018, 14:56
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The Sun is approximately 1,400 million kilometers from the planet Saturn, and light from the Sun travels to Saturn at the rate of approximately 300,000 kilometers per second. Approximately how many minutes does it take for light to travel from the Sun to Saturn?

A) 80

B) 130

C) 160

D) 280

E) 360

Since 1 million = 10^6, we can re-express the distance from the Sun to Saturn as 1,400 x 10^6 kilometers. We can also express the light’s rate as 3 x 10^5. The time to travel from the Sun to Saturn, in seconds, is:

(1,400 x 10^6)/(3 x 10^5) = (1,400/3) x 10^1 sec = 14,000/3

In minutes, that is (14,000/3)/60 = 14,000/180 = 1400/18 = 700/9 ≈ 80.

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Re: The Sun is approximately 1,400 million kilometers from the p [#permalink]  18 Aug 2019, 04:20
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300,000 km=0.3 million km
1 second time for 0.3 million km
60 second time for 0.3*60 =18.0 million km

so 18 million km for time 60 second or 1 minute
1 million km .... ... ... ... .... ....... ..1/18 minute
1400million km .... .... .... ... ... ... ... 1*1400/18 =700/9 =77.77

so ans is A
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Re: The Sun is approximately 1,400 million kilometers from the p [#permalink]  19 Aug 2019, 08:26
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I converted the speed to /min. And finally got the answer as 280 mins. How is that the wrong approach?
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Re: The Sun is approximately 1,400 million kilometers from the p [#permalink]  19 Aug 2019, 11:15
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It is the fastest way to solve the problem.

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