The speed of light is about 3 × 10 5 power kilometers per second. It takes 12 years for the light emitted by a star to reach the earth. If the speed of light is 3.1 × 10 7 power seconds per year, how many kilometers is the star from the earth?

The speed of light is about 3 × 10 5 power kilometers per second. It takes 12 years for the light emitted by a star to reach the earth. If the speed of light is 3.1 × 10 7 power seconds per year, how many kilometers is the star from the earth?

The speed of light in vacuum is 290000 kilometers per second, so one light year is about 9460.5 billion kilometers, multiplied by 12 is the result!