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Light travels about `180000000` kilometers in `10` minutes.

How many kilometers per second?

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Answer: 300000 kilometers per second

Step-by-step explanation: if it travels 180000000 in 10 minutes and 19 divided by 10 is 1 minute and a minute divided by 60 is a second than 180000000 divided by 10 than 60 is your answer

User Maris
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Answer: 300000 km per second

Explanation:

180000000 km for 10 min

10 min = 600 seconds

180000000/600 = 1800000/6 = 300000 km per second

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