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The distance of a star from the Earth is 8.33 light minutes what do you mean by this statement Express the distance in metre​

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The statement 'The distance of a star from the earth is 8.33 light minutes' means that the light from the star takes 8.33 minutes to reach earth.

Now we have 

1 \ light-minute $=1.79 \times 10^{10}$ m \\Thus, 8.33 \ light-minutes $=1.49 \times 10^{\text {11 }} \ m$

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