SOLUTION: Can you help me to solve this problem. Light travels approximately 5.87 x 10共 mi in one year. This distance is called a light-year. Suppose a star is 2 x 10⁴ light-years

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Light travels approximately 5.87 x 10共 mi in one year. This distance is called a light-year. Suppose a star is 2 x 10⁴ light-years away. How many miles away is the star?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Hi

 = 2.935x10^8 mi away 

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