Light travels at a speed if 186,000 miles per second. A light-year is the distance that light travels in one year. What is the distance of a light year (in miles)?

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Sampisa asked May 11, 2022

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Light travels at a speed if 186,000 miles per second. A light-year is the distance that light travels in one year. What is the distance of a light year (in miles)?

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Sampisa asked May 11, 2022

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Answer:

5,865,696,000,000 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

one year = 31536000 second

31536000 × 186000 = 5,865,696,000,000

Saran Sankaran answered May 18, 2022

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