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3 years ago

The speed of light in a vacuum is 3 x 108 miles/hour. true/false?

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2 answers:

GarryVolchara [31]3 years ago

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I'm guessing they rounded because it is technically 2.998 X 108 miles/hour

so I would go with true!

Leya [2.2K]3 years ago

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That is false.

The speed of light in a vacuum is 3 x 10^8 m/sec.

hope this helps and have a great day :)

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