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Can somebody help me in this question?

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You know that light travels 3 x 10⁸ meters every second.

If you knew how many seconds there are in an hour, then
you'd know how many times light traveled 3 x 10⁸ meters,
and you could multiply to find the answer.

So what you really need is the number of seconds in 1 hour.

(1 hour) x (60 minutes/hour) x (60 seconds/minute)

= (1 x 60 x 60) seconds = 3,600 seconds.

In one hour, light travels 3 x 10⁸ meters 3,600 times.

3,600 x 3 x 10⁸ meters = 10,800 x 10⁸

= 1.08 x 10¹² meters .
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