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The distances in space are measured in light-years. The distance from Earth to a star is 5.9 × 1013 kilometers. What is the distance, in light-years, from Earth to the star (1 light-year = 9.46 × 1012 kilometers)? 1.61 light-years 3.56 light-years 5.58 light-years 6.23 light-years

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The answer would be 6.23 light-years
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this would be (5.9 * 10^13) / (9.46 * 10^12)

= 0.623 * 10

= 6.23 light years
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