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Light travels at 186, 282 miles per second. Based on a 365-day year, how many miles will light travel in one year? Express your answer in scientific notation to the nearest thousandth.

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3.154e+7 = the seconds we have in a year. and that multiplied by the number light travels per second you get : 506373.975569. which is the scientific notation of a big whopping
= 5.06373975569 × 105
(scientific notation)
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