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1 July, 02:31

Answer these questions about a light year.?

Light travels 300,000,000m/sec, and one year has approximately 32,000,000 seconds. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. Based on this dаta:

a. state the speed in m/sec using scientific notation

b. state the speed in km/sec using scientific notation

c. state the number of seconds in one year using scientific notation

d. calculate the distance in meters of one light year

e. state this distance in centimeters

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  1. 1 July, 02:49
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    A. state the speed in m/sec using scientific notation

    3.0 x 10^8 m/sec

    b. state the speed in km/sec using scientific notation

    3.0 x 10^5 km/sec

    c. state the number of seconds in one year using scientific notation

    3.2 x 10^7 sec

    d. calculate the distance in meters of one light year

    1 light year = 9.4605284 x 10^15 meters

    e. state this distance in centimeters

    9.4605284 x 10^12 centimeters
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