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A laser beamed towards moon from earth takes 2.56s to return.How much is the radius of lunar orbit?

Let ‘d’ be the distance between the surface of the earth to the surface of the moon. So, in 2.56 s the laser light travels 2d distance with speed 3 × 108m/s
So,
2d = 2.56 × 3 × 108
=> d = 384000000 m
The radius of the moon’s orbit around the approximately = 384000000 m = 3.84 × 108m




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