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Date November 2017 Marks available 3 Reference code 17N.1.SL.TZ0.T_3
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 0
Command term Calculate Question number T_3 Adapted from N/A

Question

The speed of light is 300 000 kilometres per second. The average distance from the Sun to the Earth is 149.6 million km.

Calculate the time, in minutes, it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.

Markscheme

* This question is from an exam for a previous syllabus, and may contain minor differences in marking or structure.

149600000 300000 × 60     (M1)(M1)

 

Note:     Award (M1) for dividing the correct numerator (which can be presented in a different form such as 149.6 × 10 6 or 1.496 × 10 8 ) by 300 000 and (M1) for dividing by 60.

 

= 8.31   ( minutes )   ( 8.31111 , 8 minutes 19 seconds )     (A1)     (C3)

[3 marks]

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Syllabus sections

Topic 1—Number and algebra » SL 1.1—Using standard form
Topic 1—Number and algebra
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