About how fast does light travel through empty space? Group of answer choices Light cannot travel through empty space. 300 million meters per second 186 million miles per second 300 million kilometers per hour

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About how fast does light travel through empty space?

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Light cannot travel through empty space.
300 million meters per second
186 million miles per second
300 million kilometers per hour
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we know from Einstein's theory of special relativity the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second , so option 3rd option rejected

we also know 1 miles = 1609.34 m 

                 Now, = (186000 × 1609.34 ) m/s

                          (300 million meters per second).   so 2nd option is correct

again we know 1 miles = 1.609 km

            so  ,     186000×1.60913600 km/hr

                    1077 millions km/hr , so this option is also rejected

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