Question

There are 525,960 light minutes in 1 light year. How many light years does it take light from the Sun totravel to Earth? Show your work below.

Answer 1

Light takes 499 s to travel from sun to earth.

525,960 light minutes = 1 light year.

Thus,

Time taken

(1/525960)x499/60 light year

This equals to

$1.581\times10^{-5}\text{ light year}$