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26 June, 12:44

Light travels approximately 982,080,000 ft/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 ft/s, using scientific notation.

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  1. 26 June, 12:57
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    9.82 * 10⁸ ft/s

    Explanation

    A number written in scientific notation is in the form'

    A * 10ⁿ

    Where 1 ≤ A < 10 and

    n ⇒ is an integer.

    982,080,000 = 9.82 * 100,000,000

    = 9.82 * 100,000,000

    = 9.82 * 10⁸ ft/s
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