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The Curiosity Rover has recently landed on Mars and likes to send Twitter updates on its progress. If a tweet is posted 14 minutes after it was sent, how far is Curiosity from Earth?

The Curiosity Rover has recently landed on Mars and likes to send Twitter updates on its progress. If a tweet is posted 14 minutes after it was sent, how far is Curiosity from Earth?

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2.7 x 10¹¹ m

Explanation:

Given,

time (t) = 14 minutes * 60s/min = 840s

1 min = 60 s

15 min = 15 x 60 = 900 s

Distance (D) = Velocity (v) * t

v = Speed of light = 3 x 10⁸ m/s

D =  3E8 x 840

D = 2.52E11 m


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