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Light travels 300,000,000 m/s, and one year has approximately 32,000,000 seconds. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. State the speed in m/s, using scientific notation.
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Light travels 300,000,000 m/s, and one year has approximately 32,000,000 seconds. A light year is the distance light travels in one year.

State the speed in m/s, using scientific notation.

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The speed of light is 300,000,000 m/s. There are 8 zeros, so in scientific notation, the speed is 3×10⁸ m/s.

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