Help with wavelength problem?

[Swenis]

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Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you could help me out with this problem?

"Images of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, were transmitted from Galileo, the unmanned spacecraft, when its distance from Earth was 522 million miles. How long did it take for the transmitted signals to travel from the spacecraft to Earth?"

I know the answer is 46.7 minutes, but I can't manage to come up with the correct answer. Thanks you guys and gals! 👍

 

[njac]

Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you could help me out with this problem?

"Images of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, were transmitted from Galileo, the unmanned spacecraft, when its distance from Earth was 522 million miles. How long did it take for the transmitted signals to travel from the spacecraft to Earth?"

I know the answer is 46.7 minutes, but I can't manage to come up with the correct answer. Thanks you guys and gals! 👍

wouldn't you just converted the speed of light to meters/minute and then convert the distance to meters? I don't have time right now but this seems like a conversion problem more than a physics problem.

 

[Swenis]

I just worked it out, and you're right! I really gotta stop overcomplicating these problems 😀