A light-year is a measure of the astronomical distance that light traverses in a vacuum in 1 year. (a) How many kilometers does light traverse in 1 ly? km (b) What is the speed of light c in terms of ly per year. ly/y (c) Express your answer from (b) in terms of feet per nanosecond. t/ns

A light-year is a measure of the astronomical distance that light traverses in a vacuum in 1 year. (a) How many kilometers does light traverse in 1 ly? km (b) What is the speed of light c in terms of ly per year. ly/y (c) Express your answer from (b) in terms of feet per nanosecond. t/ns

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A light-year is a measure of the astronomical distance that light traverses in a vacuum in 1 year.
(a) How many kilometers does light traverse in 1 ly?
km
(b) What is the speed of light c in terms of ly per year.
ly/y
(c) Express your answer from (b) in terms of feet per nanosecond.
ft/ns

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