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The distance from Earth to Pluto is about 5,750,000,000 km. How many light-years is this?

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Answer:

The average distance between Earth and Pluto is same as average distance of Pluto from the Sun. This is 0.000628 light years, nearly.

Step-by-step explanation:

The average distance obetween two planets is nearly the average distance of the outer planet from the Sun. Earth is inner to Pluto. Average Sun-Pluto distance = 5906.4 million km. Divide by 149597870 to get distance in Au. Further divide by 62900 to get distance in ly.

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