What is the minimum time that you would have to wait

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Radio waves travel at the speed of light, 3.00x10^8 m/s. if you were to broadcast a question to an astronaut on the moon, which is 239,000 miles from earth, what is the minimum time that you would have to wait to receive a reply?

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