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8) Light travels at a speed of 1.86 x 10 miles per second. A light year is the distance the lighttravels in one year. Determine the numberof miles in a light year. Answer in scientificnotation |
| Answer» GIVEN: SPEED= 1.86 x 10^5 miles per secondTime: 1.93 x 10^2 secondsRequired: DistanceDistance= Speed x TimeDustance= 1.86 x 10^5 miles/second (1.93x 10^2 SECONDS)= 3.5898 x 10^7 milesor 35,898,000 miles | |