How far does light travel in one year? [This distance is known as a light-year (ly) and is used in measuring astronomical distances.]answer in:______km

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[tex]\begin{equation*} 9460800000000\text{ km} \end{equation*}[/tex]Explanation

when having the time and the velocity we can find the traveled distance by applying the formula:

[tex]distance=\text{ velocity *time}[/tex]

so

Step 1

a)let

[tex]\begin{gathered} velocity=\text{ 300000}\frac{km}{s} \\ \end{gathered}[/tex]

now, we need to convert the time ,from years into seconds, to do that, let's use equivalent fractions

[tex]1\text{ year*}\frac{365\text{ days}}{1\text{ year}}*\frac{24\text{ hours}}{1\text{ day}}*\frac{3600\text{ s}}{1\text{ hour}}=31536000\text{ seconds}[/tex]

b) now, replace in the formula

[tex]\begin{gathered} d=v*t \\ d=300000\frac{km}{s}*31536000 \\ d=9460800000000\text{ km} \end{gathered}[/tex]

therefore, the answer is

[tex]\begin{equation*} 9460800000000\text{ km} \end{equation*}[/tex]

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