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Light travels at 186,000 miles per second. Light takes about 11⁄3 seconds to travel from the earth to the moon. Calculate the distance between the earth and the moon based on the speed of light.

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Answer:

682, 000 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiply the speed of light with the time it takes to travel from earth to the moon.186,000 miles per second and 11/3 seconds is 682, 000 miles.

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