Answer to Question #55959 in General Chemistry for tracy guido

Question

When Voyager 2 encountered the planet Saturn in 1981, the planet was approximately 1 billion miles (1 X 109 mi) from the Earth. How long did it take for the television picture signal to reach the Earth from Saturn?

Answer 1

Speed of light = 186000 miles/second
Distance = 1*10⁹
Time = 1*10⁹ / 1.86*10⁵ = 5376.34 seconds
Answer
Time = 5376.34 seconds