PP1 (Shorter) Quant Section 2 (Hard) Q9

<p><span style="color:#27ae60;"><span style="font-size:20px;">Solving the Problem</span></span></p> <p>This question looks very wordy, so it&#39;s best that we approach it <strong><span style="color:#8e44ad;">Piece by Piece</span></strong>.</p> <blockquote> <p>The Sun is approximately 1,400 million kilometers from the planet Saturn,</p> </blockquote> <p>So, we know that the distance/work is $1400\,million\,kilometers$.</p> <blockquote> <p>and light from the Sun travels to Saturn at the rate of approximately 300,000 kilometers per second.</p> </blockquote> <p>So, we know the speed/rate is $300\,thousand\,kilometers\,per\,second$. Let&#39;s convert this to millions of kilometers to be consistent with our distance, so this would be $0.3\,million\,kilometers\,per\,second$.</p> <blockquote> <p>Approximately how many minutes</p> </blockquote> <p>Okay, so now it would be a good idea to convert our speed/rate into minutes:</p> <p>Since each minute has $60$ seconds, $0.3\,million\,kilometers\,per\,second$. would be $(0.3*60)\,million\,kilometers\,per\,minute$., which is $18\,million\,kilometers\,per\,minute$.</p> <blockquote> <p>does it take for light to travel from the Sun to Saturn?</p> </blockquote> <p>Now, we just need to solve for time:</p> <ul> <li>$time = \frac{work}{rate}$</li> <li>$time = \frac{1400\,million\,kilometers}{18\,million\,kilometers\,per\,minute}$</li> <li>$time = 77.78\,minutes \sim 80\,minutes$</li> </ul> <p>So, the correct answer choice is <span style="color:#27ae60;">A</span>.</p>