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Grade 129 grade science

During an experiment, a signal from a spaceship reached the ground station in five minutes. What was the distance of the spaceship from the ground station? The signal travels at the speed of light, that is, 3 × 10^8 m s-1.

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5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student

3 × 108 ms^-1
Time= 5 min = 5 *60 = 300 seconds.
Distance= Speed * Time
Distance= 3 * 108ms^-1* 300 secs. = 9 x 10^10 m

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