A light year is the distance light will travel in one year, a light minute is the distance light will travel in one minute.
The speed of light is 299 792 458 metres per second.
In one minute light will travel 60 x 299 792 458 = 17 987 547 480 metres.
1 light minute (in vacuum) = 17,987,547,480 meters (easier just to remember "about 18 billion")
The distance light travels in one minute. 17,987,547,480 meters (exactly, meter is standardized with the speed of light).
23.08 meters per minute = 0.38467 meters per second (rounded)
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A light nanosecond second is .3 meters (good to remember this), so a light second is 0.3 X 10^9 meters. A light minute is 60 X 0.3 X 10^9 meters which is 18 x 10^6 kilometers.
There are 60 seconds in one minute. So however many meters the car coversin one second, it covers 60 times as many meters in a whole minute.
Meters per minute, per minute M/min/min Think of it as "How many meters per minute is gained, per minute"
i believe it is 948.2 meters/minute
In a second, light travels about 300,000 km., or 300,000,000 meters. Multiply this by 60.In a second, light travels about 300,000 km., or 300,000,000 meters. Multiply this by 60.In a second, light travels about 300,000 km., or 300,000,000 meters. Multiply this by 60.In a second, light travels about 300,000 km., or 300,000,000 meters. Multiply this by 60.
1 light-minute is 11,176,943.823 miles.
Multiply 0.30 (meters/minute) by 15 (minutes) to get your answer. The "/minute" and "minutes" will cancel out when you do so, leaving your answer in meters.
-Light travels at 299,792,458 meters per second.-There is 31,556,926 seconds in one year.-Light travels 9,460,528,412,464,108 meters in one year and after doing the math, light travels 9,460,528,412,464.108 kilometers in one year.