Question

How do I calculate how many meters are in 7.2 light years?
The exact question is:
Calculate in meters the distance between a galaxy and the Earth if the distance is equal to 7.2 light years.

Answer 1

Answer:

68.2 Quadrillion meters

Explanation:

A lightyear is the distance that light travels in one year.

Speed of light is $3*10^8\ m/s$

So light covers 300,000,000 meters in one second.

One year has 31536000 seconds so , light covers

$9.461*10^{15}\ meters\ in\ one\ year$

so 7.2 light years is

$7.2*(9.461*10^{15})\\6.82*10^{16}$

so 7.2 light years is

6.82 x 10^(16) meters or

68.2 Quadrillion meters