It takes light 1.3 seconds to travel from the moon to Earth and 8 minutes to travel from the sun to Earth. Which of the following statements is true?
A) The sun is 6.2 times further from Earth than the moon.
B) The sun is 10 times further from Earth than the moon.
C) The sun is 0.16 times further Earth than the moon
D) The sun is 0.10 times further from Earth that the moon.
E) The sun is 370 times further from Earth than the moon.

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Light takes 1.3 seconds to travel from the moon to Earth and 480 seconds (8 minutes) from the sun to Earth. The ratio of these times (480/1.3) is approximately 370, indicating the sun is about 370 times further from Earth than the moon.

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