Imagine that you have a vehicle traveling on Mars. The shortest distance between Earth and Mars is 56×10^6 km;the longest is 400×10^6 km. Find the shortest delay time for the signal that you send to Mars from Earth in seconds.

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Imagine that you have a vehicle traveling on Mars. The shortest distance between Earth and Mars is 56×10^6 km;the longest is 400×10^6 km. Find the shortest delay time for the signal that you send to Mars from Earth in seconds.

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