SOLUTION: Use the fact that the speed of light in a vac- uum is about 3.00 × 108 m/s to determine how many kilometers a pulse from a laser beam travels in exactly sixhours.

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Question 506051: Use the fact that the speed of light in a vac-
uum is about 3.00 × 108 m/s to determine
how many kilometers a pulse from a laser
beam travels in exactly sixhours.
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Use the fact that the speed of light in a vacuum is about 3.00 × 10^8 m/s to determine how many kilometers a pulse from a laser beam travels in exactly six hours.
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%28%283%2810%5E8%29%2A3600%2A6%29%29%2F1000 = 6,480,000,000 km in 6 hrs