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If it travels at 186,000 miles per second, about how many miles does a ray of light travel in 3 hours?

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If it travels at 186,000 miles per second, about how many miles does a ray of light travel in 3 hours?​

we know that

1 hour =3,600 seconds

so

186,000 miles/sec=186,000 (3,600)=669,600,000 miles/ hour

Multiply by 3

distance=669,600,000 miles/ hour*3=2,008,800,000 miles

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