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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Light travels at a speed of 3.05 x 108 meters per second (m/s). There are approximately 3.15 x 107s in a year. How far does light travel in 6 years? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It travels 6 light-years.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6 light-years = 6*3.05E08*3.25E07 (E08 = *10^8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 6*3.05*3.25*10^15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 59.475*10^15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 5.9475*10^16 meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 5.9475*10^13 kilometers </SPAN>\n" );
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