Multiple Choice
The Earth has a radius of about 6,000 km. How long would it take for an object traveling at the speed of light to circle the earth? (Recall that the speed of light is 300,000 km/s)
A) 1/50 of a second (0.02s)
B) 1/300,000 of a second (0.0000033 s)
C) 1/ 6000 of a second (0.00015 s)
D) 1/2 of a second (0.5 s)
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