How many minutes are required for sunlight to travel from the Sun to Earth? (Assume the Sun is 93,000,000 miles from Earth and sunlight travels at 1.86 x 105 miles per second. )

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Distance between Sun and Earth = 93,000,000 miles
Speed of light = 1.86 x 10^5 miles per second
Time taken for sunlight to travel from Sun to Earth = Distance/Speed
= 93,000,000/1.86 x 10^5
= 500 seconds
= 8.3 minutes (since 1 minute = 60 seconds)

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