Determine how far electricity travels in 16 mins.

Question

a. 1,785,600 mi
b. 17,856,000 mi
c. 178,560,000 mi
d. 1,785,600,000 mi

Answer 1

Well, depends how and through what.
If it is an electromagnetic wave in empty space (whatever that might be) it travels at about 3*10^8 meters/sec. That is about 186,000 miles per second; 11,160,000 miles per minute
11,160,000*16 = 178,560,000 miles

I suppose the real idea of this question was to figure out how many miles per minute is 3*10^8 m/s , which is how most of us remember the speed of light.

so
3*10^8 m/s *60 s/min * 1km/1000m *.6124mi/km
=.110232*10^8
=11,023,200. miles/minute
which is not exactly what I looked up but about right since I used 3*10^8 m/s which is an approximation

Answer 2

Thanks Damon. I looked at various resources and could not find the speed of light.