Light takes 500 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth - AQA - GCSE Physics - Question 2 - 2018 - Paper 1

To calculate the distance, we use the formula:

$$distance = speed \times time$$

1. Given that the speed of light is 300,000 kilometres per second and the time taken is 500 seconds:

$$distance = 300,000 \text{ km/s} \times 500 \text{ s}$$

2. Now, perform the calculation:

$$distance = 150,000,000 \text{ km}$$

Therefore, the distance between the Sun and the Earth is 150,000,000 kilometres.