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Light travels 300,000,000 m/s, and one year has approximately 32,000,000 seconds. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. Calculate the distance in meters of one light year.
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Light travels 300,000,000 m/s, and one year has approximately 32,000,000 seconds. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. Calculate the distance in meters of one light year.

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The displacement of something is proportional to the product of its velocity and the time over which the movement took place.

d=vt

d=(300000000 (m)/(s))(32000000s)= 9600000000000000m=9.6* 10^(15)m
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