Question

The speed of light is 3.0 x 108 m/s. How far does light travel in one day? Remember that you should first convert the day into seconds

Answer 1

Answer:

$2.59\times 10^{13}\ m$

Explanation:

The speed of light is 3.0 x 10⁸ m/s

We need to find the distance traveled by it in one day.

1 day = 24 hours

1 day = 24 × 3600 seconds

= 86400 s

Now, using the formula of speed to find the distance covered as follows :

$d=v\times t$

Putting all the values, we get :

$d=3\times 10^8\ m/s\times 86400\ s\\\\d=2.59\times 10^{13}\ m$

Hence, light will cover $2.59\times 10^{13}\ m$ of distance in one day.