If light travels 10,000 km in 3.0 x 10^-2 how long does it take to travel 1 meter?
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Jan 21 2021
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Given the statement:
Light travels 10,000 km in 3.0 x 10^-2
Determine how long does it take to travel 1 meter.
Solution:
In order to determine the time it would take to travel 1 meter, we simply need to convert 1 meter to kilometer first, to do so, simply divide 1, by 1000 since 1 km is equal to 1000 m.
= 1/1000
= 0.001
Now we need to determine the time it would take to travel 1 km, this can be done by dividing 10,000 km tp 3.0 x 19^-2
= 3.0 x 10^-2 / (10,000 km)
= 3.0 x10^-6
Now we need to to multiply 0.001 with 3.0x10^-6.
=(0.001)(3.0 x 10^-6)
= 3.0 x 10^-9
Final answer:
= 3.0 x 10^-9