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light travels approximately 982,080,000 ft/s, and one year has approximately 32,000,000 seconds. A light year is the distance light travels in one year.

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Answer:

The distance traveled in 1 year is: [tex]3.143*10^{16}ft[/tex]

Explanation:

Given

[tex]s = 982,080,000 ft/s[/tex] --- speed

[tex]t = 32,000,000 s[/tex] --- time

Required

The distance traveled

This is calculated as:

[tex]Speed = \frac{Distance}{Time}[/tex]

So, we have:

[tex]Distance = Speed * Time[/tex]

This gives:

[tex]Distance = 982,080,000 ft/s * 32,000,000 s[/tex]

[tex]Distance = 982,080,000 * 32,000,000ft[/tex]

[tex]Distance = 3.143*10^{16}ft[/tex] -- approximated