SOLUTION: An astronomical unit is the mean distance between the earth and our sun, 1.496 times 10 to the power or 8 km. It's symbol is au. A light year is the distance that travels in 1 y

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Question 62573: An astronomical unit is the mean distance between the earth and our sun, 1.496 times 10 to the power or 8 km. It's symbol is au. A light year is the distance that travels in 1 year in a vacuum, 9.461 times 10 to the power of 12 km. Its symbol is ly. How many astronomical units are in 1 light year?
Answer by Nate(3500) About Me  (Show Source):
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(9.461 x 10^12)/(1.496 x 10^8)
(9.461 x 10^4)/(1.496)
(94,610)/(1.496)
About 63,242