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The speed of light is around 6.706×10^8 miles per hour. What is the speed of light in units of miles per second?

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Answer:

  1.863×10^5 miles/second

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 3600 seconds in 1 hour, so the distance traveled in 1 second will be 1/3600 times the distance traveled in 1 hour:

  6.706×10^8/(3.6×10^3) ≈ 1.863×10^5 . . . . miles/second

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