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A little over 8 minutes

The speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s (we'll use 3x10^8 m/s)

The average distance from the Earth to the Sun is 149.6x10^9 m

time = distance/velocity

t ≈ (149.6x10^9 m)/(3x10^8 m/s)

t ≈ 498.667 s

minutes = 498.667 s/60

t ≈ 8.3 minutes

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