Homework Help Forum: 8th grade math

Posted by kendall on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 12:34pm.

Light travels approximately 5.87 X 10^12 miles in one year. This distance is called a light year. Suppose a star is 2 X 10^4 light years away. How many miles away is that star? Please help with detailed steps to solve problem. Thanks.

• 8th grade math - DrBob222, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 12:41pm

  2 x 10^4 light years x (5.87 x 10^12 miles/light year) = ??

  
  

• 8th grade math - kendall, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 1:23pm

  Thanks Dr. Bob222.

  
  

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