If distance is speed × time and light takes 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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Given that light takes 1.3 seconds to travel from the Moon to Earth and 8 minutes (480 seconds) to travel from the Sun to Earth, the ratio of the distances can be found by dividing the time it takes light to travel from the Sun to Earth by the time it takes light to travel from the Moon to Earth: 480 seconds / 1.3 seconds = approximately 369.23, which is closest to 370 times further.

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