SOLUTION: One Light Year is the disance travelled by light in 1 year. if the speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s. How far is 250ly? Express your answer in 3 Significant Figures using scientifi
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Question 1040662: One Light Year is the disance travelled by light in 1 year. if the speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s. How far is 250ly? Express your answer in 3 Significant Figures using scientific notation.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
299,792,458m/sec*250years*31,536,000sec/year*62days*86400sec/day, the last two terms being leap days, all divided by 1000 m/km
1.27 X 10^22 km
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