Light travels from air into a swimming pool. How does its speed change?

The particles of an ice cube at 0°c (represented by the blue circles) come in contact with the particles of juan’s hand at 37°c (represented by the orange circles). which diagram correctly represents the temperature of the two substances and the direction of heat flow?

You are about to open a container of soy milk but notice that there are instructions to “shake well before serving.” the soy milk is most likely a

Light from the sun reaches the earth in 8.3 minutes. the velocity is 3.00 x 10^8 m/s. how far is earth from the sun? i know how to get to d = (3 x 10^8 m/s)(498 sec). i just don't know how to get from there to the answer being 1.5 x 10^11 m.