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PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! How many miles are in a light-year? (convert using the method shown in the lecture videos)

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Answer:

How many miles are in a light-year?

One light-year equals 5,878,625,370,000 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

A light-year is the distance light travels in one Earth year. One light-year is calculated by multiplying the number of seconds in one year by the amount of miles or kilometers that light travels in one second. It is approximately 5.9 trillion kilometers long (9.5 trillion km).

One lightyear is approximately

  • 9.461e15 m,
  • 5.879e12 mi,
  • 63239.7 AU,
  • or 0.3066 pc.
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