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In one nanosecond (ns), light will travel 30.0 cm, about 1 ft.

The speed of light (in a vacuum*) =

186,000 miles per second, or

0.000186 miles per nanosecond, around 1 foot/ns.

*note: Light travels slower moving through matter.

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