What texture is created on metamorphic rocks as a result of heavy squeezing?

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.

In a heat engine if 1000 j of heat enters the system and the piston does 500j of work, what is the final internal energy of the system if the inital energy was 2000 j1.write the equation2.list out your known variables 3. plug the numbers into the equations4.solve 5.write your solution statement that includes initial energy and final energy added.

Simon is writing a story about an astronaut whose spacecraft has been boarded by space pirates. the astronaut has her lucky penny in her hand behind her back as the space pirates break into the control room. she has just locked the controls so that the ship is accelerating in the direction of the control room’s ceiling. simon wants the astronaut to use the penny to hit a button on the control panel to turn off the lights and escape. the button is located a short distance behind and below the astronaut’s hands. how should simon use the theory of relativity to describe what the astronaut must do in order to hit the button?