Given that average speed is distance traveled divided by time, determine the values of mm and nn when the time it takes a beam of light to get from the Sun to the Earth (in ss) is written in scientific notation. Note: the speed of light is approximately 3.0××108 m/sm/s.

Complete Question

Given that average speed is distance traveled divided by time, determine the values of m and n when the time it takes a beam of light to get from the Sun to the Earth (in s) is written in scientific notation. Note: the speed of light is approximately 3.0×108 m/s.

The  values of  m and  n is    5 and  2  

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

   The  speed of light is

Generally the distance between the sun and the earth has a constant value

So the time  taken is mathematically evaluated as

Generally scientific notation is represented as

So comparing the standard representation of scientific notation and the value obtained we see that

     m =  5  and  n=  2  

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