If light travels 10,000km ( 3.3 x 10 to the -2 power) seconds, how will it take to travel one meter. I know 1 meter = 0.001km

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For each decimal place moved to the right, there is an increase of the negative power of ten.

3.3 * 10^5

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To calculate the time it takes for light to travel one meter, we can use the given speed of light and convert the distance unit from kilometers to meters.

Given:
Speed of light = 10,000 km/s = 3.3 x 10^2 km/s¹
1 meter = 0.001 km

To convert the distance from kilometers to meters, we multiply the given distance by 1000:
Distance in meters = 0.001 km * 1000 = 1 meter

Now, we can use the formula: time = distance/speed to find the time it takes for light to travel one meter.

Time = 1 meter / (3.3 x 10^2 km/s)
Time = 1 / (3.3 x 10^2) seconds

To simplify the expression, we can rewrite 3.3 x 10^2 as 330:
Time = 1 / 330 seconds

Therefore, it will take 1/330 seconds for light to travel one meter.