Problema Solution

Neptune is about 30 times as far from the sun as is the Earth. If it takes light 8 minutes to travel from the sun to the Earth, how many minutes does it take to travel to Neptune?

Answer provided by our tutors

since its 30 times the distance (as compared to earth)

light will take 30 times   the time taken to reach earth

 

It will take 30*8 = 240 minutes