SOLUTION: The distance from a star to a planet is 8.1 * 10^17 m. How long does it take light, traveling at 10^16 m/year, to travel from the star to the planet?
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Question 126219: The distance from a star to a planet is 8.1 * 10^17 m. How long does it take light, traveling at 10^16 m/year, to travel from the star to the planet?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8.1*10^17/10^16=8.1*10^(17-16)=8.1*10 or 81 years.
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