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Light from the sun reaches the earth approximately in `x xx 10^2` sec, where x is :

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5
`t = (s)/(c ) = (1.5xx10^(11)(m))/(3xx10^8(m//s)) = 0.5xx10^3 s`
`=5xx10^2s.`
:. X =5
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